Reality Check: No-Fly Zone Ukraine

Описание: A No-Fly Zone over Ukraine is a very popular topic at the moment. But there is little information out there on what it actually means for Ukraine, Russia, and western countries. Let us look at it in more detail!

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Sources -
BBC, No-fly zone: What it means and why the West won't act, 2. March 2022, available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-euro... (last accessed 7. March 2022).

Bronk, Justin, Is the Russian Air Force Actually Incapable of Complex Air Operations?, RUSI Defense Systems Vol. 24, 4. March 2022, available at https://rusi.org/explore-our-research... (last accessed 7. March 2022).

McLaughlin, Rob, United Nations Security Council practice in relation to use of force in no-fly zones and martime exclusion zones, in Weller, Marc (ed), The Oxford Handbook of the Use of Force in International Law, Oxford University Press USA, Ebook: 2015.

Mike Pietrucha and Mike Benitez, The Dangerous Allure of the No-Fly Zone, War on the Rocks, 4. March 2022, available at https://warontherocks.com/2022/03/the... (last accessed 7. March 2022).

Mueller, Karl P., Denying Flight: Strategic Options for Employing No-Fly Zones, RAND Corporation Research Reports: 2013.

Schmitt, Michael N., Clipped wings: Effective and Legal No-fly Zone Rules of Engagement, in Schmitt, Michael N. (ed), The Law of Military Operations: Liber Amicorum Professor Jack Grunawalt, International Law Studies Vol. 72, Naval War College Press, US, Rhode Island, Newport: May 1998.

Sophy Antrobus, No-fly zones would escalate the Ukraine war – but they shouldn’t be off the table, 5. March 2022, The Guardian, available at: https://www.theguardian.com/commentis... (last accessed 7. March 2022).

Visuals -
Department of Defense, NATO, Russian Military

Thumbnail Image: Robert Sullivan

Timecodes -
00:00 - Intro
01:18 - What I will do in this video
02:23 - What is a No-Fly Zone?
03:58 - Assessment of past No-Fly Zones (Iraq, Kosovo, Libya)
05:21 - Situation in Ukraine
06:24 - Simulating a No-fly Zone over Ukraine
09:38 - A No-Fly Zone Reconsidered
11:46 - Russian advantage in a No-Fly Zone
13:23 - Open questions: Rules of Engagement / 'legal' targets
15:30 - It's more complex than the name implies
16:44 - Outro

Audio -
Music and Sfx from Epidemic Sound

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