Aeroflot is suspending all foreign flights starting March 8, apart from Minsk (Belarus), the Russian flagship carrier said in a statement.

The cancellation also applies to international destinations in the schedules of Rossiya and Aurora airlines flights.

Earlier on Saturday, Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) recommended that Russian airlines suspend all international flights as of March 6 amid mass seizures of aircraft abroad. This recommendation concerns Russian airlines that have aircraft registered in the registers of foreign states under a leasing agreement with a foreign organization.