Ukrainian military training ground was hit by air strikes causing serious casualties, the Pentagon once again explicitly refused to set a no-fly zone
On March 13, Beijing time, the Russian Air Force bombed the Yavorov military training ground in western Ukraine, killing at least 35 people, injuring 134 and damaging some facilities. Because this base near Lviv, Ukraine, is only about 16 kilometers from the border of NATO member Poland, the Ukrainian Defense Minister once angrily denounced Russia’s air strike this time as a “terrorist attack on the NATO border” and hoped that NATO and the United States could Help Ukraine close its airspace.
In this regard, the ABC specifically interviewed John Kirby, a spokesman for the US Department of Defense, and asked whether the US is willing to set a no-fly zone for Ukraine. But Kirby again gave a negative answer.
He said that while the no-fly zone may sound like an “air police” feeling, it is actually a combat act that requires firing on Russian aircraft. “President Biden has made it clear that the U.S. military will not fight in Ukraine,” Kirby said. “If the U.S. military is now involved in the fighting in Ukraine, or in the air in Ukraine, it will lead to a direct war with Russia.” “It makes no sense to escalate this war into a war between two nuclear-armed states.”Return to Sohu, see more
Editor:
Disclaimer: The opinions of this article only represent the author himself, Sohu is an information publishing platform, and Sohu only provides information storage space services.