Bulgaria closes its airspace for Russian aircraft on Saturday in the wake of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine, the Bulgarian transport ministry said on Friday.
"Bulgaria imposes a ban on Russian aircraft taking off, landing and entering national airspace," says the statement published on the ministry’s site.
The ban takes effect at 00:00 local time (01:00 Moscow Time) and apply to flights over the country’s territorial waters.
Czech Minister of Transport Martin Kupka said earlier that the Czech airspace will be closed for Russian flights from Saturday. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki also instructed the government to issue a document on the closure of the Polish airspace for Russian air carriers from Saturday.











