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John Ivison: Canada hands embattled Zelenskyy hollow words and symbolic ‘courage’

… Zelenskyy’s main request is for NATO to introduce a no-fly zone over Ukraine. In strategic terms, that is a very bad idea since it would be tantamount to a declaration of war. But even if the Trudeau government was gung-ho for the concept, there is nothing practical that Canada could offer. This country’s CF-18 jets are older than their pilots and would be target practise for Russia’s modern air defence system.

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