Italy closes its airspace to Russia

Italy announced on Sunday (27) that it will close the airspace of Russia and other European countries.
And the United Kingdom, Finland, Ireland, Belgium, Austria and Germany announced, on Sunday, the closure of their airspace to Russian aircraft. And before them, since Friday (25), other European countries have already announced the same measure, such as Poland, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, the Czech Republic and Estonia.
Against the latter, the Russian Civil Aviation Agency (Rosaviatsia) responded to the measure with the same ban.
The shutdown is another step by Europeans and NATO allies in response to Russia’s attack on Ukraine and increasingly isolated Moscow from the world.
In addition to closing the airspace, Italy has announced that it will send 110 million euros in humanitarian aid to Kiev.
“I told my colleague Dmytro Kuleba that I signed a decision to immediately hand over 110 million euros to the Kiev government, as a tangible expression of Italy’s solidarity and support for the people with whom we are establishing a fraternal relationship. Ukraine is under attack through no fault of the On its side, it was attacked by constant bombardment by the Russian government.”
Italy was also one of the first countries to agree to exclude Russia from the rapid financial system, which is due to be implemented in the coming hours, in a severe blow to the economic sector – especially gas and oil – for the country’s companies. .