Nearly million refugees, total destruction of historic centers - price of failure to close skies over Ukraine – President’s Office

That’s according to Mykhailo Podoliak, an adviser to the head of the President's Office, Ukrinform reports.

"About a million refugees during the 7 days of the war and the total destruction of the historic centers of major cities of Ukraine. This is the price of the still NOT closed sky over Ukraine," he said.

As reported, according to the UN, as of March 2, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Moscow on February 24, almost 836 thousand people left Ukraine for neighboring countries.

Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov stated that the no-fly zone over Ukraine would guarantee security for Ukrainians.

President Volodymyr Zelensky believes that closing the skies over Ukraine is not about pulling NATO allies inro the war that the Russian Federation has launched against the Ukrainian state.

On February 27, U.S. congressmen Gerald Connolly and Mike Turner appealed to U.S. President Joe Biden to shut the skies over Ukraine, where Russian troops have been shelling and destroying key infrastructure since February 24, with their missiles hitting households and killing civilians.

As reported, on February 24, Russian President Putin declared war on Ukraine and launched a large-scale invasion. Russian troops are killing civilians, shelling and destroying key infrastructure, while missiles are hitting Ukrainians' homes.

Martial law was imposed in Ukraine and general mobilization was declared. The Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the support of the entire nation, are courageously repelling Russian aggression.

Ukraine has officially filed a lawsuit against the Russian Federation with the UN International Criminal Court in The Hague. ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan has launched an investigation into the situation in Ukraine