Secretary of State Antony Blinked further contributed to the war-mongering coming out of D.C. – announcing the U.S. had given NATO countries a “greenlight” to send fighter jets to Ukraine to assist them in fighting Russia.
Blinken revealed the new to CBS’ Face the Nation which led many to believe that Biden the other elites in D.C. are ready to catapult the United States into a full-blown conflict with Russia.
Blinken specifically noted that Ukraine’s neighbor Poland (a fellow NATO member) has permission to send the planes and that the U.S. has already been talks with the Polish government about doing just that.
“That gets a green-light,” Blinken said the interview when asked whether the Polish government, a member of NATO, could send fighter planes to Ukraine.
“In fact, we’re talking with our Polish friends right now about what we might be able to do to backfill their needs if in fact they choose to provide these fighter jets to the Ukrainians. What can we do? How can we help to make sure that they get something to backfill the planes that they are handing over to the Ukrainians?”
Additionally, Ukraine’s Ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova added that she hopes the polish planes will come “as soon as possible.”
“We are working with our American, especially, friends and allies, on the steady supply of all the ammunition and anti-air, anti-tank and planes to be able to effectively defend our country,” Markarova said.
This comes after NATO rejected imposing a no-fly zone over Ukraine – a move which Putin said would be considered NATO’s declaration of war against his country.
“That very second, we will view them as participants of the military conflict, and it would not matter what members they are,” he said during a meeting with Aeroflot employees outside Moscow.
“These sanctions that are being imposed are akin to a declaration of war but thank God it has not come to that,” Putin added, according to Radio Free Europe.
Republican Sen. Marco Rubio recently spoke with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos and the Senator expounded on how a NATO supported no-fly zone over Ukraine would lead to a much larger issue.
Rubio noted that such a move would result in NATO flying Airborne Early Warning and Control (AWAC) system planes over the country, shooting down Russian airplanes, and even taking out anti-aircraft systems.
“So basically a no-fly zone, if people understood what it means, it means World War III. It means starting World War III. So, I think there are a lot of things we can do to help Ukraine protect itself, both from air strikes and missile strikes, but I think people need to understand what a no-fly zone means. It’s not just — 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,” Rubio said.
