The space in the European Union for Russian aircraft – both public and private – has been closed. “They will not be able to land, take off or fly over EU territory. This also applies to oligarchs’ private jets,” said Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission on Sunday.
The European Union is closing the space for Russian planes. Where cannot Russian planes fly?
Ursula von der Leyen announced on February 27 on Twitter that the European Union is closing airspace to Russia. The no-fly ban applies to Russian-owned, Russian-registered or Russian-controlled aircraft. They cannot land, take off or fly over Community territory.
Until Sunday, the ban was announced, among others, by Great Britain Poland, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania. They were joined by: Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, France, Belgium, Finland, Italy, as well as Spain, Portugal and Norway. Canada also made this decision. Then a decision was made to close the space to Russian planes in all European Union countries.
The gap visible on the flightradar24 map, where theoretically there is no ban, is Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
“Our European sky is an open sky. It is open to those who bring people together, not to those who want brutal aggression,” Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo explained on Twitter.
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– We are taking a key step to turn on the tap of Russian propaganda in the EU. We will twist the serpent’s head, added Joseph Borrell, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
The war in Ukraine. Joe Biden: Putin thought he would enter Ukraine and the world would give way to him
in his State of the State speech, he announced that the United States would join Europe and Canada and would close airspace to Russian planes. The decision will take effect on Wednesday night from Thursday.
– Putin believed that the West and NATO would not answer. She thinks she will divide us. he was wrong. We are united and prepared – said Joe Biden, announcing further aid to Ukraine.
“When the history of this period is written, the war will make Russia weaker and the rest of the world stronger,” said the US president. He ended his speech with the words: “May God bless you and may God protect our soldiers”, then he clenched his fist and added “Get him!” – reports the IAR.
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