Article 5WJDE Russian airlines to be banned from most European airspace

Russian airlines to be banned from most European airspace

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Joanna Partridge
from World news | The Guardian on (#5WJDE)

EU pledges block on overflying member states, taking total to nearly 30 countries that are closing airspace

Russian airlines are facing an almost complete blockade from flying west over Europe after they were barred from the airspace of nearly 30 countries following the invasion of Ukraine.

On Sunday evening the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, said the whole bloc would close its airspace to Russian aircraft.

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