Eight Russian rockets destroyed Vinnytsia airport in Central Ukraine: Zelenskyy

Eight rockets launched by Russia destroyed Vinnytsia airport located in Central Ukraine said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday reported The Kyiv IndependentZelenskyy called on the western nations and said The world has the power to close our skies for Russian rockets and aircraft He adds that Ukraine requires aircraft to make Ukrainian skies safeVinnytsia airport is located 75 kilometres east of the railway station of Vinnytsia and 1 kilometre southwest of the village of Gavryshivka It is located in the centre of Ukraine and had convenient transportation for passengers and cargo both in Ukraine and abroadThe aerodrome was founded in the early 50s For more than half a century it worked as an important transport system of Ukraine Zelenskyy slammed NATOs decision not to implement a nofly zone over Ukraine amid the ongoing conflict with RussiaA NATO summit took place today It was a weak summit a confused summit a summit that shows that not everyone considers the fight for freedom in Europe the number one goal Zelenskyy said in a video message as quoted by Russias SputnikZelenskyy accused the members of the military alliance of giving Russia the green light to start shelling Ukrainian cities and villagesHe said that NATO countries have created a narrative that closing the skies over Ukraine would provoke Russias direct aggression against NATO This is the selfhypnosis of those who are weak insecure inside despite the fact they possess weapons many times stronger than we have the Ukrainian President was quoted as saying by CNNThis reaction comes after NATO SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg on Friday outrightly rejected to police a nofly zone over Ukraine and warned that such a move could provoke widespread war in Europe with RussiaThe remarks came during the extraordinary meeting of the NATO Foreign Ministers in Brussels on FridayStoltenberg made clear that NATO would not impose a nofly zone over Ukraine saying allies have agreed NATO should not have planes operating over UkraineEarlier in a video message Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba had called for NATO to act before its too lateIf you dont help us I am afraid you NATO will have to share responsibility for the lives and suffering of the Ukrainian civilians who die because of ruthless Russian pilots dropping bombs on them said KulebaRussian forces launched military operations in Ukraine on February 24 three days after Moscow recognized Ukraines breakaway regions Donetsk and Luhansk as independent entitiesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever