EU will deploy 120 jets to close the sky over the Ukraine for Russia - Guardian
"A European air force of 120 fighter jets could be deployed to secure the skies from Russian attacks on Kyiv and western Ukraine without necessarily provoking a wider conflict with Moscow, according to a plan drawn up by military experts.
Sky Shield, its proponents argue, would be a European-led air protection zone operated separately from Nato to halt Russian cruise missile and drone attacks on cities and infrastructure, potentially operating as part of the โtruce in the skyโ proposed by Ukraineโs president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, this week.
It would cover Ukraineโs three operating nuclear power plants and the cities of Odesa and Lviv, but not the frontline or the east of the country โ and, according to a newly published paper, it could โachieve greater military, political, and socioeconomic impact than 10,000 European ground troopsโ
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/06/european-led-ukraine-air-protection-plan-could-halt-russian-missile-attacks