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A Finnish fighter jet - now a member of Nato (Photo: nato.int)

Why a (limited) Ukraine no-fly zone is not a crazy idea

Shortly after the start of Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, 2022, Kyiv made an official request to Nato to make the entire Ukrainian airspace a no-fly zone for Russian flying objects. Thousands of Ukrainian and pro-Ukrainian media activists launched a global campaign to "close Ukraine's sky."

Nato, however, immediately rejected Kyiv's request, apparently fearing an escalation to World War III.

What was lost in the heated debate over an all-Ukrainian no-fly...

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Author Bio

Dr Andreas Umland is an analyst at the Stockholm Center for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS) of the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI).

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