Rightly rejecting a Ukraine no-fly zone, West should consider humanitarian airdrops

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No-fly zones cannot simply be declared; they must be enforced. In turn, the West’s declaration of a no-fly zone over Ukraine would require the suppression, and almost certainly the destruction, of Russian military targets in Ukraine, Belarus, and likely also Russia. This would very likely lead to a military conflict with Russia.

Still, there are alternative means of supporting Ukraine.

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