The President of the European Commission Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen announced earlier today that Europe would close its airspace to all Russian owned, leased and private aircraft as the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues.
Von der Leyen said "First, we are shutting down the EU airspace for Russian-owned, Russian registered or Russian-controlled aircraft. They won’t be able to land in, take off or overfly the territory of the EU. Including the private jets of oligarchs."
The EU has also gone a step further in combating a false narrative portrayed by Russian state-sponsored media outlets, "Second, we will ban the Kremlin’s media machine in the EU. The state-owned Russia Today and Sputnik, and their subsidiaries, will no longer be able to spread their lies to justify Putin’s war. We are developing tools to ban their toxic and harmful disinformation in Europe."
Canada has also confirmed it will close its airspace to Russian aircraft, the ban has already become effective, "We will hold Russia accountable for its unprovoked attacks against Ukraine," Canadian minister Omar Alghabra said.
The Ukrainian-made giant Antonov-225 Mriya has been destroyed in a Russian attack on Hostomel airport near the capital, Kyiv., the Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba confirmed the news on social media today, "Russia may have destroyed our 'Mriya'. But they will never be able to destroy our dream of a strong, free and democratic European state."
This was the world’s largest aircraft, AN-225 ‘Mriya’ (‘Dream’ in Ukrainian). Russia may have destroyed our ‘Mriya’. But they will never be able to destroy our dream of a strong, free and democratic European state. We shall prevail! pic.twitter.com/TdnBFlj3N8
— Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) February 27, 2022
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