#Civil Aviation

European Commissioner Kubilius stated that the drone incident near Zelensky's plane in Moldova on 8 September confirms the growing threat to civilian aviation in the EU. At the same time, Brussels did not confirm that the UAV was aimed at the president's aircraft.

Air Tanzania suspended Moscow–Dar es Salaam flights from 4 September amid warnings of a threat to civilian aviation in Russian airspace. Passengers are promised refunds.

ICAO warned of rising threats to civil aviation due to hostilities and called on states to exchange intelligence. Ukraine officially notified the organization of the closure of Russian airspace.

Putin's adviser Kobyakov declared Russian airspace safe, yet on the evening of September 2 around 120 flights were delayed at Moscow airports amid Zelenskyy's warnings about drones.

On September 2, foreign airlines cancelled 27 flights to and from Moscow's airports. Media link the wave of cancellations to Zelensky's statement on closing the skies, while the carriers attribute their decisions to technical reasons.

Ukraine officially notified ICAO of the danger of Russian airspace for civil aviation against the backdrop of escalation. Kyiv called on airlines and insurers to take the risks into account.

Zelensky warned airlines and insurers that Russian skies are becoming fully dangerous due to drones. Kyiv called on ambassadors to convey the information to their capitals.

Irina Mosulezna, an expert from Join UP! Ukraine, explained why the return of civil aviation to Ukraine will not repeat the Israeli scenario: the nature of threats and security infrastructure are fundamentally different.