deal with such brutality as might be coming without, you know, triggering a broader conflict? what can they do? this is the ethical and moral dilemma that we will face in coming weeks as we watch large numbers of ukrainian civilians die under hails of russian or tillery and rocket fire. we are going to face incredible pressure to do something more substantial than simply sanctions. there s already a lot of discussion on social media about no-fly zones. president zelenskyy has called for no-fly zones. i think we all understand that if we do a no-fly zone the russians will challenge it and we will have to shoot down russian fighters. and that could then lead to escalation. i think there s also been discussion about increasing the different types of weapons we supply ukrainians but then the practical aspects of how we get those weapons to the ukrainians, how we train them so they can use them effectively, and how we
about the approach of russia is adopting because in essence this convoy could have been dispatched a week ago but it wasn t. it convoy could have been dispatched a week ago but it wasn t. week ago but it wasn t. it might tell us there week ago but it wasn t. it might tell us there is week ago but it wasn t. it might tell us there is not week ago but it wasn t. it might tell us there is not complete - week ago but it wasn t. it might l tell us there is not complete unity within tell us there is not complete unity within russia behind putin. ithink there within russia behind putin. ithink there are within russia behind putin. ithink there are some signs of that, suddenly there are some signs of that, suddenly amongst the public but even amongst suddenly amongst the public but even amongst the russian elite. but putin s amongst the russian elite. but putin s made it clear what his approach putin s made it clear what his approach is and he intends to go right approach is
agreed and the international community has agreed a and the international community has agreed a remarkably aggressive set of sanctions in a matter of days, so things of sanctions in a matter of days, so things are of sanctions in a matter of days, so things are not going his way and he s getting increasingly worried about he s getting increasingly worried about a he s getting increasingly worried about a reversal and threat to himself. about a reversal and threat to himself, and he is using one of the most himself, and he is using one of the most powerful weapons in russia s arsenal, most powerful weapons in russia s arsenal, nucleararsenaland most powerful weapons in russia s arsenal, nuclear arsenal and sending a signal arsenal, nuclear arsenal and sending a signal and arsenal, nuclear arsenal and sending a signal and what signal is he sending? a signal and what signal is he sending? that is not entirely clear. one interpretation would be that this is one inter
like poland, romania, hungary, slovakia, hungary probably less so than the others, but it would be a potential place where you could place air assets. those air assets would be able to fly over, from the theoretical perspective here, would be able to fly over all ukraine and prevent the use of ukrainian airspace for offensive purposes. but what does that do? in essence it would prepare russian aircraft, the theory would be it would prevent russian aircraft from entering that space and carry out things like bombing runs, any other kind of offensive military operation. one of the billg failings of th initial no-fly zones in iraq was we allowed some helicopters to be used and that resulted in the killing of a lot of people, of minority groups in iraq. the same kind of thing could happen, if the wrong kind of agreement were established there. no-fly zones are very difficult
brutal sanctions. but how does nato and others deal with such brutality as might be coming without, you know, triggering a broader conflict? what can they do? this is the ethical or moral dilemma that we will face in coming weeks as we watch large numbers of ukrainian civilians die under hails of russian artillery and rocket fair. we are going to face incredible pressure to do something more substantial than simply sanctions. there s already a lot of discussion on social media about no-fly zones. president zelenskyy has called for no-fly zones. i think we all understand that if we do a no fly zone, the russians will challenge it, and we will have to shoot down russian fighters. that could then lead to escalation. i think there s also been discussion about increasing the different types of weapons we supply ukrainians, but then the practical aspects of how we get those weapons to the ukrainians,