European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks to press as she welcomes US Secretary of State ahead of a meeting in Brussels on March 4, 2022. - NATO rejected on March 4, 2022 pleas from Ukraine to impose a no-fly zone to halt Russia's bombing, but Western allies said they were eyeing more sanctions on Moscow as it presses on with its war. Foreign ministers held emergency meetings at NATO and the European Union in Brussels, on the ninth day of Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of his pro-Western neighbour that has upended the global order. (Photo by YVES HERMAN / POOL / AFP)