Zelenskyy former aide says lack of no-fly zone signals US, NATO are ‘afraid’ of Putin

Iuliia Mendel, the former spokesperson for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said the United States’ and NATO’s firm stance against a no-fly zone over Ukraine signals that the West is “afraid” of attacks from Russian President Vladimir Putin and creates a “decay of global confidence in American leadership and superpowers.”