“ The head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, is planning a meeting with Donald Trump in Budapest, but due to EU sanctions, his plane cannot fly over most of the EU countries. Source: Air Live Details: According to the publication, the likely route will pass through Turkish and Serbian airspace, which will increase the duration of the flight by approximately three hours. Due to sanctions and a ban on the use of EU airspace for Russian government aircraft after the start of the invasion of Ukraine, Putin’s Il-96 aircraft cannot fly over most of the EU countries. This means that for the flight to Budapest, the crew will have to make a detour outside the EU, even though Hungary itself is a member of the bloc. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán called the upcoming meeting “great news for all peace-loving people of the world” and said that preparations for the US-Russia peace summit are already underway. Analysts note that flying over the Black Sea remains risky due to military activity in the region. What preceded it: On October 16, Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time in almost two months, after which he announced that they were planning a meeting in Budapest – which would be Putin’s first appearance in the capital of an EU member state in years of full-scale war and would require him to fly over territory of other member states. According to media reports, European leaders are trying to win a place at the negotiating table after US President Donald Trump’s latest contact with Kremlin ruler Vladimir Putin jeopardized their efforts to increase pressure on Russia.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Air Live
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Details: According to the publication, the probable route will pass through Turkish and Serbian airspace, which will increase the duration of the flight by approximately three hours.
Due to sanctions and a ban on the use of EU airspace for Russian government aircraft after the start of the invasion of Ukraine, Putin’s Il-96 aircraft cannot fly over most of the EU countries.
This means that for the flight to Budapest, the crew will have to make a detour outside the EU, even though Hungary itself is a member of the bloc.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán called the upcoming meeting “great news for all peace-loving people of the world” and said that preparations for the US-Russia peace summit are already underway.
Analysts note that flying over the Black Sea remains risky due to military activity in the region.
What preceded it:
- On October 16, Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time in almost two months, after which he announced that they were planning a meeting in Budapest – which would be Putin’s first appearance in the capital of an EU member state in years of full-scale war and would require him to fly over the territory of other member states.
- European leaders are scrambling for a seat at the negotiating table after US President Donald Trump’s latest contact with Kremlin ruler Vladimir Putin jeopardized their efforts to increase pressure on Russia, according to media reports.