Ukraine has closed its airspace to all Russian planes and stopped buying Russian natural gas after exporter Gazprom announced it would halt deliveries to the country.
Pro-western Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said at a cabinet meeting Wednesday that the government decided to ban all Russian flights from crossing Ukraine’s airspace “as an issue of the national security as well as a response to Russia’s aggressive actions.”
Last month, Ukraine banned all Russian airlines from flying into Ukraine but Russian planes have been allowed to fly over its territory.
Meanwhile, Russia’s state-controlled gas exporter, Gazprom, said Wednesday that it stopped sending gas to …read more
Source: Voice of America
