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NATO Opposes A No-Fly Zone, While Ukraine Criticizes The 'Green Light For Bombs

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Ukraine claims that NATO's decision allows Russia to continue bombing its cities and villages. NATO has rejected Ukraine's request for a no-fly zone, triggering outrage from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who claims the decision allows Russia to continue bombing his nation. "As NATO allies, we have a responsibility to prevent this conflict from spreading beyond Ukraine because it would be even more deadly, catastrophic, and cause even more human misery." In a harsh and impassioned speech, Ukraine's president slammed the decision. "Today there was a NATO summit, a weak summit, a confused summit, a summit where it was evident that not everyone regards the battle for Europe's freedom to be the number one aim," Zelenskyy said late Friday in a televised address. "After refusing to establish a no-fly zone, the alliance's leadership gave the green light for more bombing of Ukrainian cities and villages today." Following an emergency meeting of

Russia Intensifies Its Attack As Ukraine 'Narrowly' Avoids Nuclear Tragedy

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As Moscow's forces resumed their destructive campaign of artillery and airstrikes against civilian regions of Ukraine, the US representative to the UN declared the world had narrowly spared a nuclear disaster in Russia's attack on Europe's largest nuclear power plant. The US envoy, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said Russia's actions, which resulted in a large fire at the Zaporizhzhia facility, indicated a "dangerous new escalation" in its invasion of Ukraine, addressing at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council in New York on Friday. "Russia's strike on Europe's largest nuclear power plant last night put it in great danger," she warned. "It was extremely risky and dangerous." It also put the safety of citizens in Russia, Ukraine, and Europe in jeopardy." Meanwhile, Ukraine's president chastised Nato for refusing to establish a no-fly zone, citing concerns that doing so might extend the conflict across Europe. "All