Ukraine recommends not to fly over the Black Sea next week as it is a “potentially dangerous area”

Ukraine today recommended airlines not to fly over the airspace over the Black Sea next week as it is a “potentially dangerous area”, according to a statement from the country’s State Aviation Service (UkSATSE).

The notice has been published for the period from February 14 to 19.

Ukraine take this action after last week Russia publish a notification to pilots in which it declared a temporarily hazardous airspace area over the Black Sea precisely for these dates.

The Russian Black Sea Fleet currently conducts maneuvers in the Black Sea with more than 30 ships.

UkSATSE stressed that the airspace over the territory of Ukraine is open, except for the parts that have been closed since 2014 over the temporarily occupied territories of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, annexed by Russia, and the east of the country, where they have been fighting for almost eight years the pro-Russian separatists and the Ukrainian Army.

“No decision has been made on the closure of the Ukrainian airspace,” stressed the State Aviation Service.

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