Here is a timeline of the current situation and risk warnings, with latest updates on any changes as they occur.<\/p>\n
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The Ukraine FIRs \u00a0and prohibited airspace.<\/p><\/div>\n
Timeline – Airspace Risk<\/h3>\nJan 26 2022 – **Latest Update**<\/h4>\n\n- Belarus and Russia advise they will holding joint exercise<\/strong> through to February 20. These will take place near the southern border with the Ukraine.\u00a0<\/span>The drills will involve tests of the air defense systems<\/strong> which use advanced anti-aircraft weaponry, able to reach all levels of civilian utilised airspace.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
January 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Russia warned of \u201cthe most unpredictable and grave consequences for European security\u201d<\/em> in relation to plans for the Ukraine to join NATO which is further destabilising<\/strong> the situation.<\/li>\n
- NATO has increased\u00a0air forces in Eastern Europe<\/strong> in case intervention is required.<\/li>\n
- Warnings and prohibitions<\/a> remain in place for the airspace along the border between Russia and Ukraine.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
December 2021<\/h4>\n\n- The FAA published updated information on overflight risks near the border<\/strong>, particularly in the URRV\/Rostov FIR near the UKDV\/Dnipro FIR boundary. This is the region where MH17<\/a> wash shot down in 2017.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
November 2021<\/h4>\n\n- Russia<\/strong> increased military activity<\/strong> along their border with the Ukraine, and based significant numbers of troops around URRP\/Platov International Airport in Roston-On-Don Oblast.<\/li>\n
- The Ukraine hold drills of their airborne units in the Kyiv<\/strong> region, in response to increased Russian activity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Russia military aircraft close to the Ukraine border.<\/p><\/div>\n
October 2021\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n\n- The FAA<\/strong> extended their ban<\/strong> on US operators overflying the eastern part of the UKDV\/Dnipro FIR. This is in force until October 2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
April 2021<\/h4>\n\n- Russia established several large danger areas<\/strong> throughout the UKFZ\/Simferopol FIR airspace over the Crimea, increasing tensions between Russia and the Ukraine.<\/a> ICAO does not recognise Russia\u2019s jurisdiction over this airspace.<\/li>\n
- Increasing reports of GPS jamming<\/strong> along the border and in east Ukraine suggestion heightened surveillance. Increasing military presence was reported.<\/li>\n
- The FAA and Canada published updated airspace warnings.<\/a> Canada recommended operators avoid the UKFV\/Simferopol<\/strong> and the UKDV\/Dnipro FIR.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Within the Ukraine<\/h3>\nJanuary 2022<\/h4>\n\n- Cyberattacks<\/strong> caused disruption to government and public services, and are likely to continue.<\/li>\n
- Several countries including the UK and Canada have now advised their nationals to leave<\/strong>, and advise against all but essential travel.<\/li>\n
- Provinces located in the eastern and northern regions of Ukraine, including capital Kyiv and Odessa are on elevated travel alert,\u00a0<\/strong>with significant concerns about safety and security on the ground.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
December 2021<\/h4>\n\n- Protests in major cities<\/strong>, particularly Kyiv, occurred as civil unrest increases. The security situation<\/strong> in major cities is worsening.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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- Belarus and Russia advise they will holding joint exercise<\/strong> through to February 20. These will take place near the southern border with the Ukraine.\u00a0<\/span>The drills will involve tests of the air defense systems<\/strong> which use advanced anti-aircraft weaponry, able to reach all levels of civilian utilised airspace.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
January 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n
- \n
- Russia warned of \u201cthe most unpredictable and grave consequences for European security\u201d<\/em> in relation to plans for the Ukraine to join NATO which is further destabilising<\/strong> the situation.<\/li>\n
- NATO has increased\u00a0air forces in Eastern Europe<\/strong> in case intervention is required.<\/li>\n
- Warnings and prohibitions<\/a> remain in place for the airspace along the border between Russia and Ukraine.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
December 2021<\/h4>\n
- \n
- The FAA published updated information on overflight risks near the border<\/strong>, particularly in the URRV\/Rostov FIR near the UKDV\/Dnipro FIR boundary. This is the region where MH17<\/a> wash shot down in 2017.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
November 2021<\/h4>\n
- \n
- Russia<\/strong> increased military activity<\/strong> along their border with the Ukraine, and based significant numbers of troops around URRP\/Platov International Airport in Roston-On-Don Oblast.<\/li>\n
- The Ukraine hold drills of their airborne units in the Kyiv<\/strong> region, in response to increased Russian activity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Russia military aircraft close to the Ukraine border.<\/p><\/div>\n
October 2021\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n
- \n
- The FAA<\/strong> extended their ban<\/strong> on US operators overflying the eastern part of the UKDV\/Dnipro FIR. This is in force until October 2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
April 2021<\/h4>\n
- \n
- Russia established several large danger areas<\/strong> throughout the UKFZ\/Simferopol FIR airspace over the Crimea, increasing tensions between Russia and the Ukraine.<\/a> ICAO does not recognise Russia\u2019s jurisdiction over this airspace.<\/li>\n
- Increasing reports of GPS jamming<\/strong> along the border and in east Ukraine suggestion heightened surveillance. Increasing military presence was reported.<\/li>\n
- The FAA and Canada published updated airspace warnings.<\/a> Canada recommended operators avoid the UKFV\/Simferopol<\/strong> and the UKDV\/Dnipro FIR.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Within the Ukraine<\/h3>\n
January 2022<\/h4>\n
- \n
- Cyberattacks<\/strong> caused disruption to government and public services, and are likely to continue.<\/li>\n
- Several countries including the UK and Canada have now advised their nationals to leave<\/strong>, and advise against all but essential travel.<\/li>\n
- Provinces located in the eastern and northern regions of Ukraine, including capital Kyiv and Odessa are on elevated travel alert,\u00a0<\/strong>with significant concerns about safety and security on the ground.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
December 2021<\/h4>\n
- \n
- Protests in major cities<\/strong>, particularly Kyiv, occurred as civil unrest increases. The security situation<\/strong> in major cities is worsening.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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- Several countries including the UK and Canada have now advised their nationals to leave<\/strong>, and advise against all but essential travel.<\/li>\n
- Increasing reports of GPS jamming<\/strong> along the border and in east Ukraine suggestion heightened surveillance. Increasing military presence was reported.<\/li>\n
- Russia established several large danger areas<\/strong> throughout the UKFZ\/Simferopol FIR airspace over the Crimea, increasing tensions between Russia and the Ukraine.<\/a> ICAO does not recognise Russia\u2019s jurisdiction over this airspace.<\/li>\n
- The Ukraine hold drills of their airborne units in the Kyiv<\/strong> region, in response to increased Russian activity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Russia<\/strong> increased military activity<\/strong> along their border with the Ukraine, and based significant numbers of troops around URRP\/Platov International Airport in Roston-On-Don Oblast.<\/li>\n
- NATO has increased\u00a0air forces in Eastern Europe<\/strong> in case intervention is required.<\/li>\n
- Russia warned of \u201cthe most unpredictable and grave consequences for European security\u201d<\/em> in relation to plans for the Ukraine to join NATO which is further destabilising<\/strong> the situation.<\/li>\n