Dominic Raab defends UK refusal of 'no-fly zone' in Ukraine
Telegraph, 06 Mar 2022
Dominic Raab has ruled out imposing a no-fly zone over Ukraine, saying this would lead to a "massive escalation" and would feed into the Russian president's narrative.
He told Sky News's Trevor Phillips on Sunday programme: "We're not going to get ourselves into a direct military conflict with Putin because that would be a massive escalation, but also that feeds Putin's narrative.
"Putin wants to say that he's actually in a struggle with the west - he's not".
He called no-fly zones "very difficult, very challenging" and said "we will do everything short of that to support Ukrainians".
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He told Sky News's Trevor Phillips on Sunday programme: "We're not going to get ourselves into a direct military conflict with Putin because that would be a massive escalation, but also that feeds Putin's narrative.
"Putin wants to say that he's actually in a struggle with the west - he's not".
He called no-fly zones "very difficult, very challenging" and said "we will do everything short of that to support Ukrainians".
Full story here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/03/06/russia-ukraine-latest-news-war-putin-sanctions-nato-invasion/
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