Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday night once again urged NATO to impose a no-fly zone over his country, warning its member states would be attacked by Russia.
"If you don't close our sky, it is only a matter of time before Russian rockets fall on your territory, on NATO territory," Zelenskyy said in a video address, according to AFP.
The Ukrainian President also reiterated his call for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Zelenskyy said his negotiating team would do anything to bring about such a meeting.
He further said that in the last six days, 130,000 people have been saved from the war thanks to humanitarian corridors, and that it is necessary to allow for more such corridors.
Zelenskyy recently urged the West to impose a no-fly zone for Russian flights over Ukraine.
The White House reacted coolly to Zelenskyy’s proposal, with White House press secretary Jen Psaki telling reporters that US participation in such a move would be tantamount to a direct conflict with Moscow.
"A no-fly zone would require implementation," she said, adding it would require "deploying US military to enforce, which would be ... potentially a direct conflict, and potentially a war with Russia, which is something we are not planning to be a part of."
Sunday night’s comments from Zelenskyy came after 35 people were killed and more than 130 injured when Russian troops launched air strikes on a military training ground outside Ukraine's western city of Lviv, near the border with NATO member Poland.