talian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio announced the closure of airspace for the Russian Federation.
"Italy has decided to close its airspace to Russia. Today at the Extraordinary Meeting of Foreign Affairs Council, I will support the general action of all EU countries: the entire EU closes its airspace to Russia," Maio said in Twitter on Sunday.
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