Zelenskyy former aide says lack of no-fly zone signals US, NATO are 'afraid' of Putin

Iuliia Mendel, the former spokesperson for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said the United States’ and NATO’s firm stance against a no-fly zone over Ukraine signals that the West is "afraid" of attacks from Russian President Vladimir Putin and creates a "decay of global confidence in American leadership and superpowers." 

"Ukrainians are being killed from the sky, and of course, Ukrainian authorities are supporting no-fly zones … This is something that could stop the killing of Ukrainians immediately," Mendel told Fox News. "This is very important from the point of view of Putin, when he said to NATO, ‘If you don’t allow us killing Ukrainians from the sky, then we will attack you.’"