It is noted that "the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, during an extraordinary meeting on May 28, approved a protocol decision on the prohibition of the use of the airspace of Ukraine by aircraft registered in the registers of the Republic of Belarus."
“In connection with the situation that developed on May 23, 2021 during the Ryanair flight Athens - Vilnius and in order to ensure the safety of flights and passengers, the Ministry of Infrastructure, the State Aviation Service together with the state enterprise UkSATSE, taking into account the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of May 25 In 2021, it was instructed to establish a corresponding ban from 00:00 (the same as Moscow time) on May 29, ”the message says.
Earlier, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky instructed the government to prepare a ban on flights between Belarus and Ukraine.
It also became known that the leaders of the EU countries decided to ban Belarusian airlines from using the airspace of European countries after the incident with the Ryanair plane, which on May 23 urgently landed at the Minsk airport.