Published March 15, 2022 3:06pm EDT
White House insists no-fly zone over Ukraine 'could prompt a war with Russia'
Zelenskyy expected to repeat his plea in virtual address to Congress Wednesday morning
Brooke Singman
President Biden maintains that creating a no-fly zone over Ukraine "could prompt a war with Russia," the White House said Tuesday, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy insists that NATO order Russian planes not to fly over his country.
Zelenskyy is expected to repeat his plea when he addresses Congress virtually Wednesday morning. Members of Congress have stopped short of calling for a no-fly zone, with many echoing Biden’s concerns that the move could be escalatory.
"It is also true that the president has to look at decisions that are made through the prism of what is in our national security interest and global security interest," White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday.
"He continues to believe that a no-fly zone would be escalatory, could prompt a war with Russia," she continued. "I don’t believe there is a lot of advocates calling for that at this point in time from Capitol Hill, but we certainly understand and recognize that is still a call from President Zelenskyy."
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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-ukraine-no-fly-zone-war-with-russiaBy Brooke Singman | Fox News