Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said on Sunday that implementing a “no-fly zone” over Ukraine would result in World War III, noting that he is “not sure a lot of people fully understand what that means.”
“A no-fly zone has become a catchphrase. I’m not sure a lot of people fully understand what that means,” Rubio told ABC “This Week” host George Stephanopoulos.
“That means flying AWACS 24 hours a day, that means the willingness to shoot down and engage Russian airplanes in the sky. That means, frankly, you cant put those planes up there unless they’re willing to knock out the anti-aircraft systems that the Russians have deployed in, and not just in Ukraine, but Russia and also in Belarus,” Rubio said.
“So basically a no fly zone, if people understand what it means, it means World War II. It means starting World War III,” Rubio said. “It’s not some rule you pass that everybody has to oblige by. It’s the willingness to shoot down the aircrafts of the Russian federation, which is basically the beginning of World War III.”
GOP @SenRubioPress tells @gstephanopoulos implementing a "no-fly zone" over Ukraine means "World War III."
"I think there are a lot of things we can do to help Ukraine protect itself… but i think people need to understand what a no-fly zone means." https://t.co/TmS4hhW05m pic.twitter.com/l9EuTazsvv
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) March 6, 2022
An increasing number of U.S. lawmakers and officials in Ukraine are pleading for the Biden administration and its allies to establish a no-fly zone over Ukrainian airspace to help ward off Russian attacks.
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