“Retired general Rick Hillier, former commander of the Canadian military, has described a no-fly zone as a necessary response to Russian aggression.”
Other people who ought to know better have also advocated for a no-fly zone. And the general tone of much commentary has the logic of going from “the invasion is a horrible crime of aggression” to “we must do whatever is necessary to stop it”, without stopping to consider that in this world it is not always possible to achieve anything close to the maximally desirable outcome.
You say: “On no fly-zones, true, it would be out of question for NATO. Only Ukraine proposed it, desperate as they are.”
Unfortunately, not true. From https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poroshenko-no-fly-zone-1.6370760
“Retired general Rick Hillier, former commander of the Canadian military, has described a no-fly zone as a necessary response to Russian aggression.”
Other people who ought to know better have also advocated for a no-fly zone. And the general tone of much commentary has the logic of going from “the invasion is a horrible crime of aggression” to “we must do whatever is necessary to stop it”, without stopping to consider that in this world it is not always possible to achieve anything close to the maximally desirable outcome.