{"id":1349791,"date":"2022-02-28T10:33:58","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T15:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1349791"},"modified":"2022-02-28T15:37:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T20:37:41","slug":"psaki-nixes-u-s-help-to-create-no-fly-zone-over-ukraine-that-is-definitely-escalatory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-nixes-u-s-help-to-create-no-fly-zone-over-ukraine-that-is-definitely-escalatory\/","title":{"rendered":"Psaki Nixes U.S. Help To Create \u2018No-Fly Zone\u2019 Over Ukraine \u2014 \u2018That Is Definitely Escalatory\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpsaki-nixes-u-s-help-to-create-no-fly-zone-over-ukraine-that-is-definitely-escalatory%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1349791&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238759490.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Monday that the United States would not be assisting with any attempts to create a \u201cno-fly zone\u201d over Ukrainian airspace.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/ukraine-no-fly-zone-zelensky-biden-russia-851f0309-902c-4215-b993-70cb042bf948.html?utm_campaign=organic&#038;utm_medium=socialshare&#038;utm_source=twitter\">called on<\/a> President Joe Biden, urging him to consider helping to create a \u201cno-fly zone\u201d over Ukraine, saying, \u201cIf the West does this, Ukraine will defeat the aggressor with much less blood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky also noted that the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/quit-pussy-footing-around-tom-cotton-blasts-biden-administrations-weak-sanctions-on-ruthless-dictator-putin\/\">sanctions imposed<\/a> by the United States and other western nations were moving things in the right direction, but he said that more help was needed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition to disconnecting the Russian Central Bank from SWIFT and providing more Stingers and anti-tank weapons, we need the West to impose a no-fly zone over significant parts of Ukraine,\u201d Zelensky said.\u00a0\u201cUkraine can beat the aggressor. We are proving this to the world. But our allies must also do their part.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Zelensky is calling on Biden to impose a &#8216;no-fly zone&#8217;. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If the US were to do this, our fighter jets would potentially have to shoot down Russian jets,&#8221; said Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaraJacobsCA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SaraJacobsCA<\/a>. &#8220;This would mean the United States declaring war on Russia.&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tkbNPCLIRM\">https:\/\/t.co\/tkbNPCLIRM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kenklippenstein\/status\/1498358095923326981?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Psaki spoke with NBC White House correspondents Peter Alexander and Kristin Welker early on Monday, and she argued that American assistance in such an endeavor would amount to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/what-sanction-is-going-to-stop-them-peter-doocy-hammers-psaki-on-response-to-putin\/\">American military involvement<\/a> \u2014 which President Joe Biden has already said is off the table \u2014 and as such, would be an undeniable escalation of hostilities between the United States and Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat that would require is implementation by the U.S. military. It would essentially mean the U.S. military would be shooting down planes, Russian planes. That is definitely escalatory. That would potentially put us in a place in a military conflict with Russia,\u201d Psaki explained, adding, \u201cThat is not something the president wants to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Psaki went on to stress the point that the Biden administration had already committed to keeping American troops out of a direct military conflict with Russia, saying, \u201cHe is not sending U.S. Forces \u2014 men and women who fight for our military \u2014 into Ukraine to fight a war with Russia. We are not going to have a military war with Russia with U.S. troops, and he thinks it\u2019s vitally important, and first and foremost important, to be direct with the public about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pentagon spokesman John Kirby concurred with Psaki during a Monday press briefing, saying that the United States had no plans to assist with the implementation of a \u201cno-fly zone\u201d over Ukrainian airspace.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CarlaBabbVOA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CarlaBabbVOA<\/a>: &#8220;Now that we&#8217;ve seen civilian targets that have been hit, is the U.S. considering installing a no fly zone in Ukrainian air space?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pentagon spokesman John Kirby: &#8220;No.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f4aWApejiA\">pic.twitter.com\/f4aWApejiA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1498384878219542533?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Voice of America\u2019s Pentagon reporter and anchor Carla Babb pressed Kirby on the issue, pointing to reports that there have been a number of civilian casualties as Ukraine continues to sustain Russian attacks both from the air and on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow that we\u2019ve seen civilian targets that have been hit, is the U.S. considering installing a no fly zone in Ukrainian air space?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n<p>A simple \u201cno\u201d was Kirby\u2019s response.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Monday that the United States would not be assisting with any attempts to create a \u201cno-fly zone\u201d over Ukrainian airspace.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1349791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1349791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1349791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1349791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1349791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1349791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1349791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}