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I thought this made quite of sense about the no fly zone:
"Zelensky's persistent demand for NATO no-fly zone is a smart and necessary negotiation tactic and political cover for NATO.
In the past few days, more and more people on reddit seemed to have become increasingly critical of President Zelensky's persistent demand for a NATO no-fly zone. What they failed to understand is that this is exactly what he should do to maximize NATO support while providing NATO with a political cover to avoid escalation with Russia.
In negotiations/politics, if you want 10, you'll have to ask for 15. If you ask for 10, you only get 5, or less. By demanding something that the NATO mostly likely can't provide (like a no-fly zone), Zelensky makes all other Ukraine demands seem even more reasonable and cheap (politically). Forcing NATO to repeatedly deny the request for a no-fly zone compels them to keep providing Ukraine with other forms of assistance to compensate: weapons, equipments, intel, sanctions, food, humanitarian assistance, etc. It's just a common and necessary tactic." from a Reddit comment.
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