president biden meeting with the president of france, germany and the uk about the ukraine humanitarian crisis as we continue to receive reports and video of russian forces targeting civilians trying to flee the war. speak now to senior u.n. correspondent richard rov. there s an idea of kicking russia out of the security council. is that farfetched? is there any basis for this as a protest of the invasion? the ambassador from ukraine has brought it up publicly in the chamber and of course, there was no more perverse image than russia being the president of the security council for the month of february while russian forces invaded a member country but really, it s a non-starter
the phrase no-fly zone has as it s being used this week is a euphemism for shooting down russian planes. if the united states shoots down russian planes, and russia shoots down american planes, no one knows how to prevent that from turning into an all-out war between not just russia in the united states, but russia and every member country of nato. because every member country of nato would be obligated to come to the defense of the united states when our planes are shot down. and so, vladimir putin could be immediately firing missiles all over europe as well us at the united states. and if latin we are putin decides to go nuclear in his response, because he s decided he has nothing to lose, you won t recognize london, or paris, or rome after that. you won t recognize new york, or washington dc i.
the only way to enforce a so-called no-fly zone is to make it a war zone. the phrase no-fly zone has as it s being used this week is a euphemism for shooting down russian planes. if the united states shoots down russian planes, and russia shoots down american planes, no one knows how to prevent that from turning into an all-out war between not just russia in the united states, but russia and every member country of nato. because every member country of nato would be obligated to come to the defense of the united states when our planes are shot down. and so, vladimir putin could be immediately firing missiles all over europe as well us at the united states. and if latin we are putin decides to go nuclear in his response, because he s decided he has nothing to lose, you won t recognize london, or paris, or rome after that.