US Secretary of State Anthony BlinkenWASHINGTON, Mar 9 US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken stated that the introduction of the no-fly zones that the Ukrainian authorities are asking for is fraught only with the expansion and prolongation of the conflict. «The appearance of US military in Ukraine, on Ukrainian territory, land, or American pilots in Ukrainian airspace on a full or limited scale, would almost certainly lead to direct conflict between United States, between NATO and Russia, the expansion of the conflict, its prolongation, would make it much more bloody than what is already there. It would not be in the interests of our countries, not in the interests of Ukraine,» Blinken said during a press conference with the head of British Foreign Office Elizabeth Truss. «I can't obviously speak for NATO, but we heard the same message from Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg,» he added. counteract Russian aviation by supplying anti-aircraft weapons to the Ukrainian military.
