NATO rejects calls for no-fly zone over Ukraine

NATO’s chief said on Friday the Western military alliance would not set up a no-fly zone over Ukraine nor send its troops there, but promised other help to Kyiv and urged President Vladimir Putin to end immediately Russia’s invasion.

“This is President Putin’s war, one he has chosen, planned and is waging against a peaceful country. We call on President Putin to stop this war immediately, withdrawal all his forces without conditions and engage in genuine diplomacy now,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told a news conference.

After a meeting of NATO foreign ministers, Stoltenberg also said: “Allies agree we should not have NATO planes operating in Ukrainian air space or NATO troops on Ukraine’s territory.”