Zelensky warns allies and airlines that Russian airspace ‘will effectively be closing’

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Ukraine is warning the world that airlines and other civilian aircraft must cease operations in Russian airspace or risk being caught in crossfire.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered an address on Tuesday evening in which he proclaimed that the “safe days in Russia’s skies are over” and “Russian airspace will effectively be closing” in the coming days as drones continue to proliferate and strike across the border.

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