Ukraine: Russian travelers should be banned from entering Europe
| The Prime Minister of Ukraine announced that the country is pursuing a ban on the entry of Russian and Belarusian nationals into the European Union. |
report Mehr News Agency, citing Tass, the Prime Minister of Ukraine wanted to close flight restrictions to Europe for Russian passengers.
On Saturday, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmyhal asked the European Union to open its airspace not only for flights from Russia and Belarus, but also for passengers from the two countries. also close.
Ukraine’s Prime Minister, explaining his anti-Russian idea, said: Our idea is to prevent Russian businesses and tourists from easily using the skies of the European Union.
Smihal added that the European Union’s skies are closed to Russian airlines, but Ukraine is discussing the issue of closing European skies to any flights to and from Russia with its partners. The European himself shared.
The Prime Minister of Ukraine also called for the implementation of similar measures in relation to citizens of Belarus.
Shmihal emphasized that the Ukrainian government will insist on imposing such sanctions against Russia and Belarus and will cooperate with the European Commission in order to implement them.
Since the beginning of Russia’s special military operation against Ukraine, the European Union has banned all Russian flights from entering its airspace. Brussels also imposed similar restrictions on companies related to Belarus in the spring of 2021.
