NATO already had a model of how to close the skies over Ukraine for Russia

The West already has an effective model for protecting Ukraine from Russian air attacks. This model was clearly demonstrated during the Iranian attack on Israel in April, writes the American publication Business Insider, quoted by FOCUS.

Former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, in particular, expressed the belief that interceptor missiles could be launched from the territory of NATO countries neighboring Ukraine, such as Poland and Romania, to cover at least the western Ukrainian regions.

According to Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, both ruling and opposition parties in Germany express support for the idea of protecting Ukraine's regions bordering NATO. For example, Roderich Kiesewetter, a politician from the opposition Christian Democratic Union and a former Bundeswehr general staff officer, compared Ukraine's defense to Western efforts to prevent the 300 missiles and drones fired by Iran from hitting Israel in April.

"Western countries could protect part of Ukrainian airspace near NATO territory and shoot down Russian drones and missiles. This will reduce the burden on Ukrainian air defenses and allow them to protect the front. As in the case of Israel, where France, Great Britain, etc. helped, they will not become warring parties," Kieseweter said in a comment to Business Insider.

This opinion is shared by former NATO Secretary General Rasmussen.