NATO says no.
Members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on Friday rejected Kiev's request to create a no-fly zone in Ukraine to avoid being drawn into the conflict, the alliance's secretary general said , Jens Stoltenberg.
“The issue was raised and the Allies agreed that we should not have NATO aircraft operating in Ukrainian airspace or NATO troops on the ground because we could end up with an all-out war in Europe", explained Jens Stoltenberg at the end of an emergency meeting of the Alliance's foreign ministers in Brussels.
He also recalled that “NATO does not seek to wage war against Russia”.
“The days to come will be worse”
"The only way to implement a no-fly zone is to send NATO fighter jets into Ukrainian airspace and then shoot down Russian jets to enforce it," he said. underlined the Norwegian, who specified that the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kouleba addressed his counterparts during this meeting.
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“We have a responsibility to prevent the escalation of this war beyond Ukraine.
Because that would be even more dangerous, more devastating, and cause even more human suffering.
NATO is a defensive alliance.
We do not want to be part of the conflict in Ukraine,” he insisted.
And to add: “The days to come will be worse, with more deaths, more destruction, because Russia will use heavier weapons.
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NATO has strengthened its defenses in the East
NATO has strengthened its defenses in the East with the deployment for the first time of its rapid reaction force, the dispatch of thousands of Alliance soldiers to the countries of the eastern flank, the alerting of more than 130 combat aircraft and more than 200 ships at sea. "This is NATO's immediate response and it will be reinforced if necessary," he said.
A meeting of NATO Defense Ministers was convened on March 16 to "take the necessary decisions", according to Jens Stoltenberg.
A discussion will also engage on the posture of deterrence and defense in the longer term.
The subject will be on the agenda of the NATO summit on June 29 and 30 in Madrid.