National Review
Russian president Vladimir Putin said his country would view a declaration of a no-fly zone in Ukrainian airspace as “participation” in the ongoing war, in comments to a group of female flight attendants of Russian airliners in the run-up to International Women’s Day.
“We hear calls to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine,” Putin said, according to the New York Times. “Any moves in such direction will be seen by us as participation in an armed conflict by the country that will create threats to our servicemen.”
Putin said that the imposition of a no-fly zone “would bring catastrophic results not only to Europe, but to the whole world…
