EU shuts airspace to Russian airlines, will buy Ukraine arms

Feb 28, 20220

Michael Sohn, Associated Press count

A lawmaker of the German Green party wears the colors yellow an blue during a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022.

BRUSSELS - The European Union agreed Sunday to close its airspace to Russian airlines, spend hundreds of millions of euros on buying weapons for Ukraine and ban some pro-Kremlin media outlets in its latest response to Russia's invasion, EU officials said.

That and Germany's announcement earlier in the day that it would almost triple its defense budget this year underscored how Russia's invasion of Ukraine was rewriting Europe's post-World War II security and defense policy in ways that were unthinkable only a few weeks ago.

In what he described as "a defining moment for European history," EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said that the bloc's 27 foreign ministers had greenlighted the unprecedented support for Ukraine and that those actions would take effect within hours.

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