And where would you draw the line?
What Ukraine most wants from the West to end the war, the West is least likely to give. That’s the inherent tension between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and President Biden. Closing the skies, as Zelensky repeatedly asks the United States and NATO to do, would stop Russia from bombing Ukrainian cities. But enforcing a no-fly zone over Ukraine could lead to the United States entering a war with Russia — or even, Biden warns, “World War III.” That’s why the Biden administration has drawn its line at actions that it thinks could provoke Russia. But the demarcation between proxy war and real war is getting fuzzier. The United States has been supplying Ukraine weapons for years and it has ramped that up as the Russian invasion began. They’ve sent them missiles, antitank weapons, ammunition and systems that let Ukrainians shoot down Russian aircraft. Some members of Congress say more can be done, like providing Ukraine with Polish fighter jets to attack Russians from the sky.
