ロシアによる一方的なウクライナ侵略にヨーロッパ諸国の制裁措置としての空域閉鎖が拡がっている。すでに２０か国がその空域からロシアの航空機の侵入を禁止にした。この動きはさらに拡がっている
（出展：Washington Post紙）
More European nations ban Russian flights from their airspace — including the entire E.U.
“They won’t be able to land in, take off or overfly the territory of the EU,” she wrote on Twitter.
Ahead of the announcement, Germany said it would ban Russian aircraft and flight operators starting at 3 p.m. local time Sunday. It joined Italy, Norway, France, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain and North Macedonia, which indicated on Sunday that they would move to close their airspace to Russian flights. Other countries, including Estonia and Romania, had previously announced their intention to ban Russian flights.
A ban on Russian flights throughout the E.U. would largely cut off Russia from the easiest air route west, while countermeasures imposed by Moscow could make it more difficult for European carriers to fly east, notably to Asia.
“Our European skies are open skies,” Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo wrote on Twitter. “They’re open for those who connect people, not for those who seek to brutally aggress.”
ountries with plans to ban Russian flights from their airspace
The European Union is shutting down its airspace for Russian aircraft.
Also on Sunday, Canada’s minister of transport, Omar Alghabra, said: “Effective immediately, Canada’s airspace is closed to all Russian aircraft operators. We will hold Russia accountable for its unprovoked attacks against Ukraine.”
Russia has so far retaliated by banning flights from at least nine countries. In various statements, the country’s Federal Agency for Air Transport called the moves by countries such as the United Kingdom and Romania to ban Russian flights “unfriendly.”
The German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure said in a notice that its ban is set to last at least three months, during which most Russian flights and flight operators will be barred from German airspace, with some exceptions, including flights carrying humanitarian aid.
While many of Ukraine’s allies have moved to ban Russian flights from their own airspace, there appears to be little appetite for a no-fly zone over the country, a measure previously requested by Ukrainian officials. When asked about it on Friday, British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said enforcing a no-fly zone would mean putting British pilots in the line of fire and would be tantamount to a declaration of war.
“To do a no-fly zone I would have to put British fighter jets directly against Russian fighter jets,” Wallace told the BBC. “NATO would have to effectively declare war on Russia.”
Firozi reported from Washington. Emily Rauhala contributed to this report.
