Europe closing its skies to Russian flights

The EU countries have closed their airspace to Russian aviation after the start of the war that the Russian Federation unleashed in Ukraine, Report informs.

The UK, Poland, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovenia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Austria, Sweden, the Netherlands, Cyprus have closed the airspace for Russian aircraft. They were also joined by Canada, Spain and North Macedonia.

Poland was the first to close the sky for Russian aircraft from midnight on February 26.