NATO has defended their decision not to establish a ‘no fly zone’ over Ukraine stating that it has a responsibility to ensure that the war does not escalate beyond Ukraine’s borders, as the consequences would be even more dangerous, destructive and deadly.
“It is a painful decision taken by the NATO allies, but we must ensure that this conflict ends and we must prevent it from spreading, degenerating”, affirmed the number one of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
In defence of NATO’s decisions Secretary General J Stoltenberg has made a statement in an attempted to explain the refusal to establish a no-fly zone over Ukraine.
“What everyone needs to understand is that it’s not just about declaring a no-fly zone,” he explained. It must be imposed, and the only way to impose it is to attack Russian air defence systems massively. We cannot operate a no-fly zone with all air defence systems intact.”
It is therefore impossible to apply it without participating in the war. This would imply that NATO forces “massively attack” these air defence systems that the Russian defence has placed in Ukraine, Belarus and on its own territory.
The establishment of a no-fly zone would also mean that NATO would be ready to “directly confront Russian planes. Such a scenario would contribute to more suffering, loss of life and destruction, in addition to being “extremely dangerous”, warned Stoltenberg.