European Union Shuts Airspace to Russian Planes

The European Union, EU, has imposed a flight ban on Russian planes.

Head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced that the Union is shutting down its airspace for Russian-owned, Russian-registered or Russian-controlled aircraft.

Leyen maintained that all such planes, including the private jets of oligarchs, will now be unable to land in, take off from or fly over any EU nation.

European countries had been closing their airspace. Germany said its ban would last three months.