Air traffic between Ukraine and Russia will be
stopped from 00:00 on October 25, Ukraine's Minister of Infrastructure Andriy
Pyvovarsky said on the sidelines of the Ukrainian-German Business Forum in
Berlin.
"Technical consultations between the State
Aviation Service of Ukraine and the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia)
have been held in Brussels today, but in spite of these consultations the
sanctions imposed on Russian airlines that violated the laws of Ukraine will
come into force from October 25," he said.
The minister also said that the Russian Federal
Air Transport Agency subsequently imposed sanctions on Ukrainian airlines in
response.
The press service of the Infrastructure Ministry
clarified that the technical consultations had been held at the headquarters of
the European Commission from 14:00 to 15:30 CET on October 23. The Ukrainian
delegation included Acting Chairman of the State Aviation Service Eduard
Diomin, UkSATSE Director Dmytro Babeichuk, and Director of the EU Department at
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Vsevolod Chentsov.
"During the technical consultations the
sides exchanged their positions. After returning, the Ukrainian delegation will
give the information received to the minister of infrastructure and the country
leadership. Decisions on further steps will be made on their basis," the
ministry said in a press release.
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