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The representative of Rosaviation Sergey Izvolsky commented on the situation around Ukraine’s decision on carrying out of rocket firings in the sovereign airspace of the Russian Federation in the flight information region of Simferopol. Izvolsky said that the decision was taken unilaterally, and Kiev does not intend to constructively address the issue of air traffic control over the Black sea.
“Ukraine has issued two notices, which reported that the Black sea entered December 1 and 2, the two forbidden zones. They entered the open sea, but which is controlled by the Russian Federation, and over sovereign territorial waters of the Russian Federation in the depths of up to 12 kilometers. Although international agreements such actions are unacceptable. In the forbidden zones will be military exercises, missile firing. The Ukrainian side entered the exclusion zone unilaterally. Rosaviatsia has sent the Ukrainian aviation authorities of its requirements to immediately stop the action of the exclusion zones and to reverse its decision,” he said.