The Verkhovna Rada adopted a statement regarding the incident with the forced landing of the Ryanair aircraft in Minsk on May 23. This was announced on Thursday, June 3, by the press service of the Ukrainian parliament..

The deputies instructed Chairman Dmitry Razumkov to send the text of the document to the UN, the European Commission, the European Parliament, PACE, the OSCE and NATO parliamentary assemblies, national governments and parliaments.

The parliament " In addition, the legislators demanded " Rada calls on ICAO to investigate the Verkhovna Rada called on the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to urgently investigate the incident.

The parliament fully supports the actions of the Ukrainian government, which imposed a ban on air travel to Belarus from May 26 and increased sanctions against Belarusian airlines from May 28, the statement said..

The incident with the Ryanair plane Before that, on May 24, a number of European countries, amid the scandal surrounding the Ryanair plane landing in Minsk, closed the airspace for Belavia, and did not recommend or forbid their carriers to fly over Belarus. The heads of state and government of the EU countries also decided to completely block access for Belarusian airlines to EU airspace, but this decision has not yet entered into force..

Meanwhile, the European Air Safety Agency (EASA) released a " Reported by Deutsche Welle.