Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Saturday that his nation would think about any third-party declaration of a no-fly zone over Ukraine as participation in the conflict there.
He stated Russia would view "any transfer on this course" as an intervention that "will pose a risk to our service members."
"That very second, we are going to view them as members of the navy battle, and it could not matter what members they're," the Russian president stated Saturday at a gathering with feminine pilots.
Ukraine's president has pleaded for a no-fly zone over his nation and lashed out at NATO for refusing to impose one, warning that "all of the individuals who die from this present day ahead may even die due to you."
NATO has stated a no-fly zone, which might bar all unauthorized plane from flying over Ukraine, may provoke widespread conflict in Europe.
However as the USA and different NATO members ship weapons for Kyiv, the battle is already drawing in international locations far past Ukraine's borders.
Entrance-line preventing is now closing in on Ukraine's capital, Kyiv. And Russian ways have gotten an increasing number of diabolical. NATO's secretary common accused them of utilizing banned weapons.
"We've got seen using cluster bombs, which can be in violation of worldwide regulation," stated Jens Stoltenberg.
The variety of individuals fleeing Ukraine amid the Russian invasion may climb to 1.5 million by the top of this weekend, Filippo Grandi, the pinnacle of the U.N. refugee company, instructed Reuters on Saturday.
He described the scenario as "the quickest shifting refugee disaster we've got seen in Europe for the reason that finish of World Struggle II."