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Can Europe's 'Sky Shield' initiative help Ukraine?

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Alex Forrest Whiting
March 12, 2025

"SkyShield" is a plan to offer Ukraine protection from Russian air strikes by deploying a European force of 120 fighter jets. Those behind the plan stress it would be an explicitly Europe-led air protection zone operated separately from NATO.

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