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During his first State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Joe Biden announced that the U.S. would ban all Russian aircraft from entering American airspace in retaliation for the ongoing military assault on Ukraine.⁠
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“Tonight, I’m announcing that we will join our allies in closing off American airspace to all Russian flights, further isolating Russia and adding an additional squeeze on their economy,” Biden said.⁠
The president’s announcement follows similar moves by Canada and the European Union to ban Russian planes from entering their airspace.⁠
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While stopping short of committing ground troops or enacting a no-fly zone over Ukraine, the U.S. and its allies have already imposed stern sanctions against Russia — including directly targeting Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov — as global condemnation of the invasion of Ukraine continues to grow.⁠
Biden also said that he was prepared to continue to implement further sanctions and economic hardships on Putin’s government.⁠
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“He has no idea what’s coming,” Biden said.⁠
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On Sunday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the EU was closing off its airspace for Russian-controlled or -owned jets — a move that came as many member countries made plans to shut down their own fly zones to such aircraft.⁠
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France, Britain, Austria, Germany, Poland, Bulgaria and Estonia, among others, joined in the airspace ban in protest. “There is no place for planes of the aggressor state in democratic skies,” Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas tweeted.⁠
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Omar Alghabra, the transport minister of Canada, said on Sunday they’d close off their airspace as well, planning to hold Russia accountable for the recent invasion of Ukraine, which Biden has called a “needless act of aggression against global peace and security.”⁠
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✍️ : Yahoo News⁠
📸 : AP News

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