That maybe not having boots on the ground doesn't mean we wouldn't have US Planes in the air over Ukraine. If that were to happen, If the United States were enforcing a no fly zone over Ukraine, what do you know about the type of Russian air defenses that they would have to encounter that might be in Belarus or Russia? And do you think that risks escalation? Well, it always does. And we obviously hope that the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, is negotiating in good faith and that he too wants to bring this to an end. (03:30–03:43)
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Asserts that enforcing a no-fly zone over Ukraine would involve encountering Russian air defenses.
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