War in Ukraine: Canada closes its airspace to Russian aircraft

Sanctions against Russia are increasing, after the turn of Canada and announced that it would close its airspace to Russian aircraft, on the occasion of the invasion in Ukraine. The decision is coming following relevant actions by several European statesas Moscow has not stopped the offensive.

According to the French Agency, the Minister of Transport Omar Algabra In a Twitter post, he announced that Canada had closed its airspace, a decision that has immediate effect.

“We will hold Russia accountable for its unprovoked attacks on Ukraine,” the Canadian minister wrote in a tweet.

Now, with many countries closing or announcing that they will close their airspace (Baltic countries, Poland, Czech republic, Bulgaria, Germany…) Russian planes face a huge no-fly zone in Europe.

Nevertheless, the Moscow has begun, in turn, to prohibits aircraft coming from different countries to pass through its airspace.


Source: News Beast

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