NATO deploys aircraft as Russian strikes intensify across Ukraine

The escalation comes as the war continues to threaten neighboring NATO airspace and regional security. Ukraine has appealed for international support at the United Nations, while Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Russian and Ukrainian attacks on commercial vessels in the Black Sea were inexplicable and should stop. The United Nations has separately called for an immediate, full and unconditional ceasefire, but the reported deployment of NATO aircraft underscores the continuing risk that the conflict could widen beyond Ukraine.[1][2][3]

Sources: The Independent, Reuters, United Nations