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Zelenskyy warns ‘Russian airspace will effectively be closing’ (www.euronews.com)

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The Ukrainian president warned airlines, insurers and foreign governments that the growing scale of Kyiv’s drone operations would make Russian airspace increasingly unsafe for aircraft.

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[-] bstix@feddit.dk 15 points 10 hours ago

It already was unsafe for aircraft from most countries anyway. This is just a kind warning for Russia and China who still flies there. It'll be interesting to see what China does. It was only yesterday that someone here wrote how he preferred the Chinese airlines because they flew the fast route over Russia. Guess you need to reconsider that.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

It’ll be interesting to see what China does.

If the Ukrainians shoot down a Chinese civilian airliner, they would be fucking themselves at a level that has not been seen since Pearl Harbor.

[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

I doubt Ukrainian drones can even fly that high. This is a kind warning to let people know that russian air defense is going to be so keyed up that they'll likely shoot down civilian airliners. Again.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 31 minutes ago* (last edited 29 minutes ago)

I doubt Ukrainian drones can even fly that high.

Drones aren't the only tool in the kit. There's no shortage of anti-air defenses that can hit commercial airliners, especially as they're taking off or landing.

This is a kind warning to let people know that russian air defense is going to be so keyed up that they’ll likely shoot down civilian airliners.

If a civilian aircraft is shot down, the Ukrainians will almost certainly insist the Russians did it themselves. Idk how many people will believe them, after Zelensky basically painted a target on every Russian airport.

[-] Madison420@lemmy.world 1 points 23 minutes ago

If you're flying a civilian plane near a warzone you don't get to cry when it gets hit.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 16 minutes ago

Okay, now say it in the original Japanese

[-] aquovie@lemmy.cafe 4 points 3 hours ago

While Ukraine has a huge domestic drone assembly industry, I'm sure a lot of the basic chips and radios are still coming from China. It's not hyperbole to say the war hinges on that supply continuing.

OTOH, Russia AA loves shooting down civilian airliners and they're going to be getting twitchy around airports now.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 6 hours ago

I don't think anyone was suggesting the ukrainians would do that. Buuuut if a Chinese aircraft ended up colliding with a drone after being warned not to fly in Russian airspace, well then it's just an unfortunate accident and it could have been avoided had they heeded the warning.

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago

I'd be more worried that Russia downs a Chinese aircraft and blames it on Ukraine.

[-] impairedimperator@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 hours ago

I don't think that accident will happen. See above pearl harbor comment.

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