Top 10 world news: NATO rejects calls for no-fly zone over Ukraine, and more

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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday said the alliance would not impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine after calls from Kyiv to help stop Russia's bombardments. After Ukraine's nuclear power plant was hit, Russia blamed the explosion on Ukrainian "saboteurs" calling it "monstrous provocation".

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LIVE | No NATO planes, troops to operate in Ukraine: Stoltenberg

"The only way to implement a no-fly zone is to send NATO fighter planes into Ukraine's airspace, and then impose that no fly zone by shooting down Russian planes," Stoltenberg said after an urgent meeting with NATO foreign ministers.

Russia blames Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant attack on Ukrainian 'saboteurs'

"Last night on the territory adjacent to the power plant, an attempt was made by the Kyiv nationalist regime to carry out a monstrous provocation," Russia's defence ministry said.

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