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Canada, Nordic countries join in closing their airspace to Russian planes


An unidentified photo dated September 18, 2018 shows a Russian IL-20M (Ilyushin 20m) plane landing at an unknown location.

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On Sunday, a growing number of countries announced that they were joining a raft of nations in closing their airspace to Russian planes after Moscow began its invasion of Ukraine.

Officials for Canada, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, France, Spainthe Netherlands, Italy, Austria and Iceland have all announced measures that will further isolate Russia. It is subject to the same restrictions from UK, Poland, Romania, Finland, Czech Republic, Bulgarian, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonian.

The moves by states put even more pressure on Russia, as countries are working together to impose wide-ranging sanctions on Russia and its elites. The ban means Russian planes cannot fly over or land in countries where the rules apply, which often means long and expensive transits.

Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod said on Twitter that his government is pushing for a ban on Russian flights across the European Union at a meeting of the bloc’s foreign ministers. An EU official told Reuters that could be part of the new sanctions.

“We will hold Russia accountable for unprovoked attacks against Ukraine,” Canadian Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said in a tweet.

Some airlines and delivery services have rerouting the plane around the potential conflict zone in the days before Russia began its offensive. United Parcel Service Sunday said it would suspend packages going into Russia. Based in Hungary Wizz Air Sunday also said it would suspend all flights to and from Russia.

In response to the nations that are rallied together, Russia has said that it will ban flights from several countries have introduced their own measures. Russian airline S7 is also suspending many flights to European countries until mid-March.





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