Flights to/from Ukraine
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Im not surprised, without getting political, the EU was designed to secure peace in the west, I have never known anything so disjointed and unorganised, every destination seems to take an age, surly a fast joint announcement on the banning of flights should have happened within hours and been fully inclusive of all Nato members.
Im not surprised, without getting political, the EU was designed to secure peace in the west, I have never known anything so disjointed and unorganised, every destination seems to take an age, surly a fast joint announcement on the banning of flights should have happened within hours and been fully inclusive of all Nato members.
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ATNotts has just given 27 good reasons why the proposed EU army would never work. Meanwhile the U.K. bans Aeroflot while the EU has to consult 27 members. Reminds me of the early days EU vaccination fiasco.
Agreed. Mind you, the whole 'Western' response seems odd. It could hardly have come as a huge surprise and you'd have thought they would have planned for the different scenarios and agreed what they were going to do in advance and then just rolled it out...
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An EU airspace ban for Russia would be much more effective though…ours is a minor inconvenience. Theirs would be devastating.
Meanwhile the EU member states make sure that their citizens don't get stuck in Russia and give them time to get out. These "Russian" flights are full of people trying to get out. It is not Russian oligarchs or tourists on a shopping tour in Munich or Geneva.
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The Russian people are subject to the state propaganda machine so most seem to support the war due to a distorted view of events. If the Russian people are to be impacted by sanctions I can’t see how Russian airlines should be allowed to take its citizens on nice little EU holidays to the beach while Ukraine is occupied.
The Russian people are subject to the state propaganda machine so most seem to support the war due to a distorted view of events. If the Russian people are to be impacted by sanctions I can’t see how Russian airlines should be allowed to take its citizens on nice little EU holidays to the beach while Ukraine is occupied.
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Btw. Only four countries in the world have banned Russian flights by now. Is it enough?
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Generally, I doubt it. Over 20 years ago to my EU town came an immigrant from Russia. Being able to listen to our "Western" news she dos not believe a word. Her recent viewpoint: "I am so glad that Putin is putting an end to injustice in Ukraine now, will remove Nazis and save Russians". I'm not sure if a short holiday on Canaries would do anything better to re-shape such opinions.
Btw. Only four countries in the world have banned Russian flights by now. Is it enough?
Btw. Only four countries in the world have banned Russian flights by now. Is it enough?
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Other languages aren’t widely spoken in Russia. So in theory yes, in reality no because they aren’t going to be watching or reading.