“Italy has decided to close its airspace to Russia,” Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Twitter, confirming earlier comments from a government spokesman.
He called on all EU countries to follow suit.
“I will support a common action of all EU countries: that the whole EU closes its airspace to Russia”, he added.
Several European nations, including Sweden, Germany and Belgium have already announced a ban on Russian flights in their airspace, as Western nations ramp up punishments against Moscow following its invasion of Ukraine.
AFP
