Nine European countries have decided to close their own airspace for planes of Russian civil aviation, according to a message in the telegram channel of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine.
"We have already applied to the International Air Transport Organization (IATA) with a request to support Ukraine's appeal for the exclusion of Russian air carriers from all institutions of the association. We are talking about BSP, Clearing House, MITA, Interline", - is underlined in the message.
Currently, the team of the Ministry of Infrastructure in close communication with European partners is working on the application of maximum sanctions for the aggressor.
"I am very grateful to Great Britain, the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Lithuania, Latvia Estonia, Bulgaria, and Slovenia for the decision to close their own airspace to Russian aircraft. These are the steps that make it possible to encourage the aggressor to make peace. And finally, from all allies of the anti-Putin coalition and Ukrainian air traffic controllers: "Russian plane, fuck off," said - Infrastructure Minister of Ukraine Alexander Kubrakov.