Can Ukraine’s drones shut Russian airspace? What that means for airlines

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that Russian airspace is effectively closed because of the volume of Ukrainian drones in the sky.

On Tuesday, he said that Russia, which began the war with the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, is now “closing its own skies”.

While Kyiv is not threatening civil aviation, Zelenskyy said, “there will be drones in Russia’s skies and due n...