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“We are not part of this conflict,” NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said in response to Ukraine’s request. Also, NATO does not send troops to the country.
In a televised address on Friday evening, Zelensky said that by refusing, the military alliance has given Russia a “green light” to continue bombing Ukrainian towns and cities.
The decision against the no-fly zone was taken during an emergency meeting of the thirty NATO foreign ministers on the war in Ukraine. Zelensky described the meeting in his speech as a “weak, confused NATO summit. A summit where it was clear that not everyone sees the fight for Europe’s freedom as the top priority.”
