European countries from north to south are banning Russian planes from transiting through their airspace in protest over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Czech Republic, Poland and Bulgaria each say they will ban all Russian flights from their skies, starting from midnight. “There is no place for planes of the aggressor state in democratic skies,” Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas tweets. Germany says it will impose a three-month ban on all Russian flights, also from 1400 GMT on Sunday. – North Macedonia –North Macedonia’s government on Sunday also bans all Russian aircraft from its skies, but says humanitarian flights will be exempted.

Source: Punch February 28, 2022 05:04 UTC