Israeli airline El Al is suspending its operations on the Tel Aviv-Moscow route for the coming week, citing “developments in Russia’s airspace”.
“Over the next week, a renewed assessment of the situation will be carried out to decide whether the route will be resumed,” it said in a statement.
Earlier today, four sources told Reuters news agency that the Azerbaijan Airlines flight that crashed in Kazakhstan yesterday was downed by a Russian air defence system.
ICYMI: Pope calls for talks to end Ukraine war
In case you missed it, Pope Francis used his traditional Christmas address yesterday to call for peace talks between Ukraine and Russia.
Speaking from the central balcony of St Peter’s Basilica, he urged for “gestures of dialogue and encounter, in order to achieve a just and lasting peace”.
“May the sound of arms be silenced in war-torn Ukraine,” he added.
The Pope’s message came just a few hours after Russia launched missile strikes across Ukraine, which Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned as “inhumane”.
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