Providing air support for Ukraine by sending in “little green men in little green airplanes”. Considered to be escalatory but has been done before in the Korean war by the Soviets at just as tense a time as today, when both superpowers were already nuclear-armed
It means the people flying the planes are ‘private citizens’—probably retired ex-military and acting as private citizen volunteers, technically, but organized through unofficial channels and with support. If there were truly no other options I might consider it but I think there are less escalatory and still effective ways to help.
What does this mean?
NATO warplanes painted with Ukrainian colors fighting in Ukraine.
It means the people flying the planes are ‘private citizens’—probably retired ex-military and acting as private citizen volunteers, technically, but organized through unofficial channels and with support. If there were truly no other options I might consider it but I think there are less escalatory and still effective ways to help.