OPINION:
Ukraine has done a great job of defending itself with the small arms that have been given to it, but it needs other weapons. It needed other arms at the beginning of the war, too.
Ukraine needs Surface to Air missiles and Surface to Surface missiles with battlefield radar computers to calculate point-of-origin targeting. It needs the Mig fighters offered by Poland. With these weapons, the Ukrainians can practically create a “no-fly zone” by themselves.
It would help if NATO nations actually thought of their own interests. A fully loaded Russian Mig could turn quickly and attack a NATO country bordering Ukraine, either deliberately or accidentally. There needs to be a buffer zone. NATO should declare a “no-fly zone” over much of Ukraine.
If a Russian jet enters within a few hundred miles of the border of a NATO country, NATO should warn the pilot to leave or be targeted as a threat. This protective policy would benefit Ukraine and NATO countries in numerous ways.
WOODROW WILCOX
Dyer, Indiana
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