Heads of Ukraine’s regional councils ask NATO to close sky to Russian aircraft
The heads of Ukraine's regional councils are asking the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to close the sky over Ukraine to Russian aircraft.
05 March 2022
The heads of Ukraine's regional councils are asking the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to close the sky over Ukraine to Russian aircraft.
Regions call on NATO to close skies over Ukraine
Chairman of the Rivne Regional Council Serhiy Kondrachuk, Chairman of the Ivano-Frankivsk City Council Ruslan Martsinkiv and Mayor of Kropyvnytskyi Andriy Raikovych have called on NATO member states, the presidents of the United States and France, the German chancellor, and ambassadors of all countries to close the skies over Ukraine.
Nearly 74% of Americans think the United States should work with NATO to set up "no-fly zones" to protect Ukraine from Russian air strikes.
The humanitarian situation in Ukraine is deteriorating due to continuous barbaric shelling by the Russian army of residential areas in Ukrainian cities and towns, which needs assistance from the EU and the international community.
Ukraine has endured nine days of darkness – three times more than darkness and evil expected. Europe's history will forever remember Ukrainians' response to Russian aggression.
04 March 2022
By refusing to close the skies over Ukraine, NATO leadership "green-lighted" the further bombardment of Ukrainian territory by Russian troops.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has discussed with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez the coordination of actions in response to Russia's aggression in Ukraine and called on Spain to support Ukraine's integration into the European Union.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has called on the countries of the European Union, the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom to impose new tough sanctions against Russia and to provide Ukraine with combat aircraft immediately.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has called on the foreign ministers of NATO countries not to allow Russian President Vladimir Putin to turn Ukraine into Syria.
NATO not a party to war in Ukraine, not to create no-fly zone over Ukraine - Stoltenberg
NATO is not a party to the conflict in Ukraine and must ensure that it does not spread to the rest of Europe and the Allies, so NATO will not create a no-fly zone over Ukraine that requires the use of NATO's fighter jets.
Western powers are looking into more sanctions against Russia for its war of aggression against Ukraine.
Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to Head of the President's Office, says it is time for the West to take responsibility for ending the war in Ukraine.
The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) countries will meet on Friday to discuss the situation in Ukraine and coordinate steps in response to Russian aggression.
Apart from reactors, there are about 150 nuclear fuel containers in the territory of Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP).
U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a phone call discussed the situation related to the shelling and seizure of Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP).
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson discussed with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky the situation at Zaporizhzhia NPP and said he would be seeking an emergency UN Security Council meeting.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that the Russian military, which is shelling Zaporizhzhia NPP, must be stopped immediately, otherwise Europe will face a nuclear disaster.
Nuclear safety at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) has been violated.
Ukraine’s Minister of Energy German Galushchenko, together with the heads of the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRIU) and Energoatom, had previously asked the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to seek NATO help with closing the airspace over Ukraine to prevent a nuclear disaster.
Russian invaders have captured a Ukrainian pilot and may use him to produce Russian propaganda.
03 March 2022
How can our partners, who have not yet provided fighter jets to Ukraine, sleep at night, while children sit in basements amid shelling of their cities?
Ukraine is asking international organizations to immediately ask NATO to close access to the airspace over nuclear facilities.
On March 4, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba will discuss with NATO foreign ministers the provision of heavy anti-aircraft weapons to Ukraine.
Andriy Yermak, head of the President’s Office, has said that Ukraine is grateful to its partners for the assistance, but this is not enough, because the freedom of Ukraine and the world is at stake.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has called on partners to close the airspace over Ukraine, otherwise the blood of Ukrainians killed by Russia will be on their hands.
Ukraine is asking the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to call on NATO to close access to the airspace over the country’s nuclear facilities and intensify efforts to prevent acts of nuclear terrorism, such as the seizure of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and the exclusion zone.
Almost a million people have already become refugees, while historical centers across Ukrainian cities are being completely destroyed as a result of the western powers’ failure to introduce a no-fly zone over Ukraine.
The United States is ready to provide utmost assistance in the restoration of the Ukrainian infrastructure after the end of the war and the de-occupation of Ukrainian territories.