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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance would not impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine after calls from Kyiv to help stop Russia's bombardments.
"The only way to implement a no-fly zone is to send NATO fighter planes into Ukraine's airspace, and then impose that no-fly zone by shooting down Russian planes," Stoltenberg said after an urgent meeting with NATO foreign ministers.
"If we did that, we'll end up with something that could end in a full-fledged war in Europe, involving many more countries and causing much more human suffering. So that's the reason why we make this painful decision."