Zelensky requests no-fly zone to help Ukraine 'defeat the aggressor'

President Zelensky and President Biden.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a statement on Monday implored President Biden and NATO to impose a no-fly zone over "significant parts" of Ukraine, claiming his country "can beat the aggressor" if Western powers "do their part," the adviser-provided statement reads, per Axios.

"If the West does this, Ukraine will defeat the aggressor with much less blood," Zelensky wrote.

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Brigid Kennedy

Brigid Kennedy worked at The Week from 2021 to 2023 as a staff writer, junior editor and then story editor, with an interest in U.S. politics, the economy and the music industry.