Measures taken by many countries against Russia for invading Ukraine include the closure of their airspace for Russian aircraft.
Canada has closed its airspace for Russian airlines, a decision with immediate effect due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, said the country's Minister of Transport. “We will hold Russia accountable for its unprovoked attacks on Ukraine,” Omar Algabra wrote in a Twitter message.
Austria closed its airspace to Russian aircraft, according to a government decision. “We are doing everything we can to show Vladimir Putin that we do not accept his military invasion of Ukraine,” said Chancellor Carl Nehammer. Aircraft registered in Russia, owned by Russian citizens or chartered by Russians will no longer be allowed to enter Austrian airspace or land at Austrian airports. The only exceptions are emergency flights and must be approved by the Austrian Government.
We are stepping up our support for Ukraine.
For the first time, the EU will finance the purchase and delivery of weapons and equipment to a country under attack.
We are also strengthening our sanctions against the Kremlin.
https://t.co/qEBICNxYa1— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) February 27, 2022
First, we are shutting down the EU airspace for Russian-owned, Russian registered or Russian-controlled aircraft.
They won’t be able to land in, take off or overfly the territory of the EU.
Including the private jets of oligarchs. pic.twitter.com/o551M9zekQ— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) February 27, 2022
Second, we will ban the Kremlin’s media machine in the EU.
The state-owned Russia Today and Sputnik, and their subsidiaries,
will no longer be able to spread their lies to justify Putin’s war.
We are developing tools to ban their toxic and harmful disinformation in Europe. pic.twitter.com/7RcPEn6E14— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) February 27, 2022
Third, we will target the other aggressor in this war, Lukashenko’s regime, with a new package of sanctions, hitting their most important sectors.
All these measures come on top of the strong package presented yesterday,
agreed by our international partners. pic.twitter.com/ikN99V14zU— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) February 27, 2022
And finally, we will work to prohibit Russian oligarchs from using their financial assets on our markets.
Putin embarked on a path aiming to destroy Ukraine.But what he is also doing, in fact, is destroying the future of his own country. pic.twitter.com/bcygxFjeyG
— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) February 26, 2022
Spain has decided to close its airspace to Russian aircraft, the country's Ministry of Transport has announced./p>
France announced that it would follow the example of other European countries and close its airspace to Russian aircraft, in order to punish Moscow for invading Ukraine, wrote the Minister of Transport Jean-Baptiste Djebari in a tweet. “France closes its airspace to all Russian aircraft and airlines from tonight,” wrote the French Minister of Transport.
In Italy , the Draghi government has announced that the country has decided to close its airspace to Russian aircraft.
Denmark also announced the closure of its airspace to Russian aircraft, including “We will push for an EU-wide closure. The Russian invasion of Ukraine must be countered with the strongest possible international sanctions.”
Finland , which has at least 1,300 km of border with Russia, “is preparing to close airspace to Russian air traffic,” Transport Minister Timo Harakas said in a twitter message posted overnight. Sweden is preparing to close its airspace to Russian aircraft, following the example of other European countries, in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, said the Minister of European Affairs Hans Dalgren, and that his country will exert pressure to close it. airspace throughout the European Union.
Η The Netherlands will close its airspace to Russian aircraft tonight, said the country's Minister of Infrastructure Mark Harbers, writing on twitter: “There is no room in Dutch airspace for a regime that exercises unnecessary and cold violence. “The Netherlands is therefore preparing to close its airspace to Russian aircraft tonight.”
Iceland decided to close its airspace to Russian aircraft after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, wrote in a tweet the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the country Tordis Colbrun Gilfadotir.
The government of Luxembourg announced “prepares necessary notices to close” its airspace to Russian airlines from today.
Belgium has decided to close its airspace to all Russian airlines, as Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croix announced in a Twitter message: “Our European skies are open skies. They are open to those who connect people, not to those who seek to brutally attack. “
The government of Northern Macedonia, at its meeting on Sunday 27/2 decided to close the country's airspace to Russian airlines.
Many countries have already closed or announced that they will close their airspace ( Baltic countries, Poland, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Germany ) strong>) as a result of which Russian planes face a huge no-fly zone in Europe.
The Czech Republic, Poland, Slovenia, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Lithuania, Estonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Latvia.
For its part, Moscow has begun banning aircraft from various countries from passing through its airspace.
Sources: ΑΠΕ – ΜΠΕ – Reuters – ΑFP
