Some NATO countries are ready to expand their support for Kyiv and act directly on the territory of Ukraine - they are discussing the possibility of closing the sky with air defense systems in the west of Ukraine. This is reported by BILD.

According to the publication, Estonia, the United Kingdom, Poland, Canada, Lithuania, and France are in favor of expanding assistance. The United States and Germany are against it.

There are no final decisions on closing the skies over the western regions of Ukraine, but negotiations are ongoing in several areas: training, logistics, and air defense.

They are discussing the training of Ukrainian soldiers by NATO instructors on the territory of Ukraine.

“The idea of whether hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians should fly across Europe for training or whether it would be better to send a few instructors to Western Ukraine should not be discounted. It is more reasonable and economical to send instructors to Ukraine,” Nico Lange, former head of the German Defense Ministry's operational staff, told BILD.

The other day, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis also spoke about this.

A number of NATO countries, including the Britain, Canada, and Estonia, are ready to deliver weapons and ammunition not only to the borders of Ukraine but also further to the front line. A number of Western countries are currently developing the concept of “advanced logistics.”

They are also discussing the protection of Western Ukraine's airspace by NATO anti-aircraft systems. Poland is the initiator of the “expanded air defense”, but there is no final decision yet.

As we reported earlier, Stoltenberg said that NATO cannot close the sky over Ukraine or send its troops to prevent a war with Russia.