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Ukraine needs no-fly zone, fighter planes, urges Polish envoy in Kyiv

So far Nato has refused to establish a no-fly zone over Ukraine despite repeated appeals by the country's leaders.
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Poland’s ambassador to Kyiv has called for a no-fly zone over Ukraine and for the Ukrainian air force to receive Western aircraft.

So far Nato has refused to establish a no-fly zone over Ukraine despite repeated appeals by the country’s leaders.

The US has also rejected a Polish proposal to move its MiG fighters to a US base in Germany for possible use by the Ukrainian air force.

According to Nato and the Pentagon neither move was possible as this would be tantamount to the West’s direct involvement in the war.

But Ambassador Bartosz Cichocki said that without a no-fly zone people are dying.

“Each day of delay means the loss of hundreds of human lives, unimaginable destruction to infrastructure, and the prolongation of a conflict that could be resolved much faster if the skies above Ukraine were closed,” he told TVN24.

Commenting on the Pentagon’s rejection of the Polish MiG offer, Cichocki said he believed Ukraine should have the aircraft, along with other equipment.

“I believe Ukraine should have been allowed these planes, (the Nato countries – PAP) should provide air defence systems to give the Ukrainians a chance,” Cichocki said.

He added that the MiG offer had been “the news of the day” in Ukraine, and that the country’s leadership “highly appreciated” Warsaw’s position.

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