"Skyjacking" by Proxy: The Unprecedented Threat to Global Aviation Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has issued a warning to airlines, insurers, and others who rely on Russian airspace.
The situation unfolding above eastern Europe is extraordinary – and potentially catastrophic for global aviation. The recent escalation of long range attacks between Ukraine and Russia has taken a peculiar turn.
Both sides have been exchanging blows in the skies, but now Zelensky has announced that his country's drones will occupy Russian airspace en masse.