Missiles near Polish border
Zelenskyy warns of Russian missile attacks on NATO territory
03/14/2022 02:02 am
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that NATO will soon be attacked by Russia. If no no-fly zone were set up, it was only a matter of time. Selenskyj calls the death of a US journalist a “deliberate attack by the Russian army”.
In the face of recent Russian airstrikes in western Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reiterated his call for NATO to establish a no-fly zone. “If you don’t seal off our skies, it’s only a matter of time before Russian missiles fall on your territory, on NATO territory and on the homes of NATO citizens,” Zelenskyy said in a video speech on Monday night .
A day earlier, Russia had attacked a Ukrainian military base near the border with Poland. According to Ukrainian authorities, at least 35 people were killed and more than 130 others injured in the attack on the military base near Lemberg (Lviv).
“Thirty rockets on the Lviv region alone,” said Zelenskyy. “Nothing happened that could threaten the territory of the Russian Federation. And it was only 20 kilometers from the borders of NATO.”
The Ukrainian government has been demanding that NATO set up a no-fly zone since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression around three weeks ago. This is to prevent Russian airstrikes on Ukraine. However, this would mean direct intervention by NATO soldiers in the war, which many Western heads of state and government reject for fear of a confrontation with nuclear power Russia.
Referring to the US journalist who was killed near Kyiv on Sunday, Zelenskyy spoke of a “deliberate attack by the Russian army”. The 50-year-old was killed on Sunday in the suburb of Irpin, northwest of Kyiv, when his car was shot at. A US colleague and the Ukrainian driver were injured in the attack.