If NATO does not close off our skies, Russian missiles will fall on the homes of citizens of the Alliance. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted this in a video address.

According to him, last year he had warned NATO that without imposing preventive sanctions on Russia, the latter would begin a war.

"We were right. I have been saying for a long time that the Nord Stream 2 [natural gas pipeline] is a weapon that will strike the whole of Europe. Now it’s obvious. Now I repeat again: If you do not close our sky, it is only a matter of time before Russian missiles fall on your territory, on NATO territory, on the homes of NATO citizens," Zelenskyy said.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has repeatedly stated that the Alliance will not establish a no-fly zone over Ukraine, as this will be fraught with escalation of the conflict within the territory Alliance—even with the start of a third world war.