Civil aviation flights over the south of the Russian Federation and Ukraine stopped

According to RostovGazeta, the work of the Kiev Borispol airport was suspended, all people were taken out of the building.

According to the FlightRadar24 service, flights are not accepted in Voronezh, Belgorod, Krasnodar, Volgograd, Simferopol. In addition, the Platov airport in Rostov-on-Don was closed.

The Federal Air Transport Agency does not recommend that passengers of the nearest flights and those who meet them arrive at the airports of these cities. All changes in the work schedule of air harbors and airlines must be clarified on the official websites of airports and airlines, including social networks.

From the information on the scoreboard of the Sheremetyevo airport it follows that 47 flights have already been canceled, mainly in the south and south-west direction. Among them are flights to Anapa, Sochi, Voronezh, Volgograd. Simferopol and Hurghada. Dozens of flights have been delayed.

Early on the morning of February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced about the beginning of a military special operation in the Donbass. He made the corresponding statement after the appeal of the heads of the DPR and LPR with a request for military assistance. The Russian leader said that the occupation of Ukraine is not included in Moscow's plans.

After that, the media appeared messages about explosions and shooting in many cities of Ukraine. As became known, The forces of the Black Sea Fleet launched a landing operation in the Black and Azov Seas.

In communities in social networks, messages began to be published that Russian troops had taken the Ukrainian Mariupol. In addition, units of the People's Militia of the Luhansk People's Republic launched an assault on the city of Shchastye, controlled by Kiev, 30 kilometers from Luhansk.