US opposes no-fly zone over Ukraine, despite Zelenskyy pleas: UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Linda Thomas-Greenfield appeared on ABC's "This Week" Sunday.

The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield is standing by the White House and NATO allies' opposition to implementing a no-fly zone over Ukraine.

"President Biden has been very, very clear that American troops will not be put on the ground or in the air to escalate this war and make this an American war against -- against the Russians," she told ABC "This Week" anchor George Stephanopoulos. "But we've also been very clear that we will support Ukraine in every other way possible."

Thomas-Greenfield said the U.S. will continue to support Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy "in every other way possible" after Zelenskyy angrily denounced NATO's refusal to impose a no-fly zone and blamed the West for "all the people who will die from this day."

In a Zoom briefing with members of Congress on Saturday, Zelenskyy said if a no-fly zone couldn't be implemented, Ukraine needs fighter jets to defend itself against Russia's invasion. The White House told ABC News the administration is working with Poland to transfer Soviet-era jets from that country and looking into possibly repaying Poland for them.