Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with female pilots before March 8 - International Women's Day, APA reports citing TASS.
"A lot of what is happening, from what we are now seeing and what we are facing, is certainly a way to fight against Russia", Putin has said.
He has called the third party to avoid establishing a no-fly zone in Ukraine: "Russia will consider any country, which adopts a decision on establishment of the no-fly zone in Ukraine, as a party of the conflict."