EU to close its airspace to Russian planes

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Union (EU) Commission, announced that the Union will close its airspace to Russian aircraft.

Von der Leyen, in his statement, stated that they decided to close the EU airspace to Russia's airlines and said, "This will also include the private jets of the oligarchs." said.

"We will ban the Kremlin's media machine in the EU." Von der Leyen, using the expression, stated that they will target the media organs of the Russian state, Russia Today and Sputnik, and their subsidiaries.

"They will no longer be able to spread their lies to justify Putin's war," von der Leyen said. he said.

In addition, von der Leyen announced that for the first time in the history of the EU, they will finance the purchase and delivery of weapons for a country at war.

EU Commission President von der Leyen announced that they will also impose new economic sanctions on Belarus.

EU High Representative for Foreign Relations and Security Policy Josep Borrell also stated that with the measures to be taken, more than half of the Russian Central Bank reserves will be blocked.

The USA, Canada and European countries have previously agreed to remove certain Russian banks from the international payments network swift system.