United States announces a ban on Russian aircraft from its airspace

President Joe Biden announced during Tuesday night’s State of the Union that the US will ban Russian aircraft from US airspace, joining a growing number of countries who are closing their skies to Russia following President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

Following Biden’s announcement Tuesday evening, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that the official notice banning Russian aircraft from US airspace would be posted Wednesday.

The Ukrainian President told CNN’s Matthew Chance in an exclusive interview that he has urged Biden to deliver a strong and “useful” message about the Russian invasion in his State of the Union address Tuesday night.