NO FLY ZONE

TOPIC: IR

Context- Russia’s attack on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has renewed calls for NATO to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine.

Concept-

What is a no-fly zone?

A no-fly zone would bar all unauthorized aircraft from flying over Ukraine.
Western nations imposed such restrictions over parts of Iraq for more than a decade following the 1991 Gulf War, during the civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1993-95, and during the Libyan civil war in 2011.

What would a no-fly zone achieve?

A no-fly zone would protect civilians — and now nuclear power stations — from Russian air strikes.

About NATO:

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance among 28 European countries and 2 North American countries.
Established in the aftermath of World War II, the organization implements the North Atlantic Treaty, signed 4 April 1949.
NATO constitutes a system of collective security, whereby its independent member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party.
The NATO headquarters is located in Brussels, Belgium.