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Four Paths Forward in Ukraine

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How Does a No Fly Zone Work?

To enforce a no fly zone, you have to do two things. You have to patrol its perimeter and be willing to shoot down any plane that is coming in to violate that zone. And second thing you have to be ready to take out the anti aircraft batteries down on the ground that might shoot up at planes defending the no fly zone. In the case of ukraine, the russian anti aircraft batteries are in russia. So there would find no way to enforce that no fly zone without conducting a military attack on russian bases and r Russian territory. That is as president byden has said multiple times now, the road to world war three.

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