{"id":62051,"date":"2022-02-28T19:30:59","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T00:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=62051"},"modified":"2022-02-28T19:30:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T00:30:59","slug":"zelensky-urges-biden-to-impose-no-fly-zone-over-ukraine-turkey-shuts-straits-to-all-warships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=62051","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky Urges Biden To Impose No-Fly Zone Over Ukraine; Turkey Shuts Straits To All Warships"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Zelensky Urges Biden To Impose No-Fly Zone Over Ukraine; Turkey Shuts Straits To All Warships<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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Update(1845ET)<\/strong><\/u>:\u00a0<\/strong>Ukraine’s\u00a0<\/strong>President Zelensky has urged the West to consider imposing a no-fly zone against Russian aircraft. Zelensky on Monday appealed directly to Joe Biden to consider\u00a0a no-fly zone for “significant parts” of Ukraine<\/strong>. The Ukrainian leader\u00a0issued the statement in an exclusive Axios report.\u00a0He told\u00a0<\/a>Axios<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>that there’s a chance for Ukraine’s armed forces to\u00a0“beat the aggressor” if the Western allies are willing to “do their part.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

He also suggested that this would result in less total bloodshed, and spare civilians:\u00a0“If the West does this, Ukraine will defeat the aggressor with much less blood,”<\/strong>\u00a0Zelensky conveyed through an advisor.<\/p>\n

However, not only did Biden rule out sending American troops to Ukraine in a Monday statement, but press secretary Jen Psaki also stressed that a no-fly zone is also ruled out, given that\u00a0either scenario would bring Washington into direct war with Russia<\/strong>, and likely lead to WW3.<\/p>\n

“Here’s what’s important for everybody to know about a no-fly zone: What that would require is implementation by the U.S. military.\u00a0It would essentially mean the U.S. military would be shooting down Russian planes<\/strong>,” Psaki told MSNBC on Monday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n