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"Finland is preparing to close airspace for Russian air traffic," Minister of Transport and Communications, Timo Harakka, said in a tweet overnight.Russia understands how critical the issue of a stable to Ukraine is to its security that it is likely willing and able to weather all kinds of groundless sanctions and the various other attacks in order to bring the dire situation to a resolution. It seems that the West are ignorant, perhaps willfully so, as to its importance, and that Russia has been preparing for their predictable attacks for many years now:
In times of pandemic with closed borders to southern Europe and popular destinations for Russian tourists in South East Asia, Russian airliners have over the last few months redirected much of the charter flights to countries like Cuba, Venezuela and Mexico. With departures from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk and others, the shortest routes are crossing the skies of Finland.
Germany on Saturday said it will close its airspace for Russian planes, Reuters reported. The country's largest airline Lufthansa said it cancels all flights for the coming week to destinations in Russia.
In practice, this means no entry possibilities of Russian airlines to western Europe as the airspace from Finland in the north to the Black Sea in the south is closed.
Commercial airlines are avoiding airspace of Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova for security reasons due to the ongoing fights.
Avoiding Ukrainian airspace because of Ukraine's government and the foreign elements directing policy there is a wise move: Historian: 'Ukrainian authorities deliberately sent MH17 airliner into warzone'
For Finland's tourist industry, including in the snowy north, Finnair's direct flights to Helsinki are of great importance as the country just a few weeks ago reopened borders for international travel, after two years of COVID-19 restrictions.
Comment: Yep, it took over a year for the U.S. to admit the obvious. But it's not as if they just found out. They've known all along who they've been supporting. The U.S. has no moral qualms with funding and supporting Nazis or Islamic extremists. They've been doing it for years, and they'll keep on doing it. But when the pressure gets a little too hot, and the obvious becomes so obvious as to be undeniable, they'll throw the dog a bone. Thus, Conyers's amendments. Don't expect Kiev to become any less fascist, however...