Nato 'a couple of calculations away' from full ukraine intervention

NATO has so far maintained no member state will put boots on the ground but will continue to offer logistic and military aid to Ukraine. Germany and Denmark broke decades-long conventions

this month by opening their skies to the passage of weapons headed to Kyiv, and Poland offered its whole MiG-29 fleet up. Daily Mirror's Defence Editor Chris Hughes warned however NATO

may now be steps away from reconsidering its stance amid growing reports of Russia targeting civilians. Speaking to talkRadio, Mr Hughes said: "We're a couple of calculations away

from NATO being involved and I think people know it now. "The prognosis from the intelligence agencies I'm told is pretty dire. "Moldova is there, he [Vladimir Putin] could be

looking at that. It's madness but he wants to take the whole of Ukraine first and he hasn't got it yet. "He's a long way off it. We might be a long way off that kind of

confrontation but there will be people making some very big decisions soon." READ THE LATEST UPDATES IN OUR RUSSIA-UKRAINE LIVE BLOG Poland on Tuesday announced they were ready to fly

all its MiG-29 jets to a US airbase with a view to them being supplied to Kyiv. However, Washington overnight rebuked the offer, with the Pentagon saying the prospect of flying combat

aircraft from NATO territory into the war zone "raises serious concerns for the entire NATO alliance." Warsaw accepted the concerns but insisted they were ready to intervene as

long as NATO came up with a common strategy to help Kyiv. Polish president's foreign affairs advisor Jakub Kumoch told TVP Info: "The USA does not want these planes to come to

Ukraine from American bases. READ MORE: POLAND TRANSFERS ALL ITS JETS AS WAR TAKES TO THE SKIES - BOOST FOR UKRAINE A senior Ukrainian Government official said his country must hold off

Russia's attack for the next seven to 10 days to deny Moscow claiming any sort of victory. Vadym Denysenko, adviser to Ukraine's interior minister, insisted Moscow is desperate for

at least some kind of victory, citing the cities of Mariupol or the capital Kyiv as the most likely targets. Writing on Facebook, Mr Denysenko said: "They need at least some victory

before they are forced into the final negotiations. "Therefore our task is to stand for the next 7-10 days."