• Kekzkrieger@feddit.org
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    10 hours ago

    Can someone explain why NATO won’t just declare that 100km around their border is a no flight zone and everything will.be shot down that enters it unauthorized? (ofc with agreement of Ukraine)

    Yes that’s probably seen as escalation but so what, Russia keeps escalating and aren’t stopped by mere words.

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      10 hours ago

      Because NATO is at peace time, and there’s commercial and GA traffic that has to be able to fly in and out of the territory.

    • rbos@lemmy.ca
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      8 hours ago

      Would we put up with Russia declaring something similar? I don’t see how imposing a zone like that de-escalates the situation.