{"id":121457,"date":"2022-02-25T09:03:34","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T08:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?p=121457"},"modified":"2023-03-06T15:39:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T14:39:56","slug":"ukraine-air-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/ukraine-air-links","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine closes its airspace following invasion by Russian troops"},"content":{"rendered":"

They are now called the Donetsk Independent People's Republic and the Luhansk Independent People's Republic. The declaration of independence by these two republics was recognised by Vladimir Putin's government.<\/strong>. An act that initially paved the way for a \"peace-building occupation\" by Russian troops. Russian troops then invaded the whole country, bombing strategic sites. Including, according to some reports, Kiev's civilian airport Borispol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As recently as Monday, the Ukrainian Minister for Infrastructure, Oleksander Kubrakov, insisted that flying into the country remains safe. In a media briefing, he explained that \"\u00a0the cancellation of flights by a number of airlines is dictated by the worsening political situation, rather than by any real changes to the safety of flights<\/em>\" . But since Thursday, with the Russian invasion, all Ukrainian airspace has been closed to civilian traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n