France joins other European nations to close airspace to Russian aircraft

France on Sunday joined more than a dozen European countries to close its airspace to Russian aircraft, reports RFI.

The move will take effect from Sunday night, said French transport minister Jean-Baptiste Djebbari.

“To the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Europe responds with total unity,” he added.

Earlier, Germany and the Scandanavian countries – Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland – said they would ban Russian aviation from their skies in protest over the invasion of Ukraine.

Jeppe Kofod, the Danish foreign affairs minister, said he wanted a EU-wide ban.

Read more of this report from RFI.