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Thats led to calls for whats known as a no—fly zone to prevent them posing a threat. so far, the western military alliance nato has been reluctant to use its air power to impose such a zone, in which other planes would be told not to fly over ukraine. why the reluctance? the concern is that, in practice, a no—fly zone carries real risks. if the russians flyjets like these into ukrainian airspace, then nato planes would directly engage them in combat in the skies. but it also means taking out...

Everybody said i think thats a wise decision made on the part of the president. the point about fighter jets in the air over ukraine, thats what triggers this gigantic conflict and that is sort of a red line that putin has drawn. i saw admiral kirby, the defense department spokesman, say a me to-fly zone is an act of combat, of war. you have to be willing to shoot down other jets. so, i think everybody is very cherry and weary about the airspace over ukraine because that could trigger a global c...

>> there would be a no-fly zone around that western ukrainian humanitarian assistance zone. and thats a compromise position. its not a no-fly zone over all ukraine, but itd be western ukraine. then to allow the international red cross the corridors connecting to that, to allow refugees a safe area. i mean, there are risks to it, but i think its time for our administration, for nato to raise the stakes for president putin. >> well, i like what youre saying. finish you know, im sure thats going to...

Feel compelled to do so before something goes terribly wrong, if not actionable then at one of the other nuclear plants in ukraine. in terms of those other nuclear plants, what can be done to secure them, or to minimise the risk that you describe? work out a arrangement with the russian and ukrainian authorities that there was in a protective zone around them. so the fi . htin: protective zone around them. so the fighting does — protective zone around them. so the fighting does not _ protectiv...

Has been reluctant to use its air power to impose such a zone, in which other planes would be told not to fly over ukraine. why the reluctance? the concern is that, in practice, a no—fly zone carries real risks. if the russians flyjets like these into ukrainian airspace, then nato planes would directly engage them in combat in the skies. but it also means taking out threats on the ground to nato planes so they can enforce the zone, so potentially attacking russian surface—to—air missile si...

Miles away. otherwise its been quiet in this city but its under martial law. brown * joining us for reaction former speech writer for george w. bush, mark thiessen. whats your takeaway on day 11. >> i understand why president zelensky is asking for a no-fly zone. hes look at russian plearns use cluster bombs to target hospitals, orphanages, neighborhoods. hes doing with winston churchill did during the london blitz begging for american help. i understand why we dont want to get into a no-fly zon...

But they are still there and inflicting great damage. theres new reporting, in fact, ukraine pushing back against russian forces in the air, on the ground, as the ukrainian army makes a push to retake territory in the southern region of kherson. satellite imagery shows russia withdrawing most of its helicopters from a key airport in that area this week. experts telling "the new york times" it could be a sign of setbacks for the russian military. the "times" reports military analysts were surpris...

No-fly zone over the ukraine, time to do that was before hostility commenced. but what we can do is help them establish a if it flies it dies zone. over the ukraine by giving as much nr aircraft, drone anything at all that ukrainians can use to deny control of the air space to the russians. lawrence: yeah. the former russian foreign minister andrej says that putin is not going to stop with ukraine. do you see that way as well? >> no, i dont. and like i said earlier i would take anything, any rus...

Alternative capital. those two cities need to be protected. a bastion of new ukraine needs to be established in the western. >> -- go ahead, sorry. >> i was just glad to see that might also serve the purpose of avoiding a natural confrontation on the polish border, which would of course, have other implications. >> so how would you go about defending those cities? >> i think what we need to see is enough ukrainian troops with regular troops and irregular troops. we also need to think about wheth...

Through western ukraine, we got to flood the zone with that military equipment. >> sean: wellsite, congressman -- >> and sean, congress should be voting on this this weekend, not going on a weekend break while ukrainians are dying. pelosi should have us voting on this aid that they need right now. >> sean: and somebody needs to get joe out of his bed and in the situation room or in the oval office. thank you both. straight ahead, we go back on the ground. we have a live report from ukraine, and ...