The German airline Lufthansa is considering whether to stop flying through Ukrainian airspace, but a decision has not yet been made, a company spokesman said.

In response to a question from Reuters, he said that Lufthansa is closely monitoring the situation in Ukraine.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Infrastructure said that Ukraine's airspace is open, but acknowledged that some airlines are having difficulties because insurance companies do not want to take out insurance for flights over Ukraine, TASS reported.

Ukrainian company SkyUp announced today that its plane, flying from Madeira, Portugal, landed in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, instead of Kiev, because the Irish owner of the plane banned it from entering Ukrainian airspace, AFP reported.

This happened on February 12, but it was announced today.

Despite the airline's attempts and the desire of the Ukrainian authorities to talk to the lessor, he flatly refused to change his position and the passengers - 175 people, were transferred from Chisinau to Kiev by other means of transport.

Yesterday, the Dutch company KLM announced that due to the deteriorating security situation in Ukraine, it is temporarily suspending its flights to Kiev.

In 2014, a Malaysia Airlines plane flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down over eastern Ukraine.

All on board were killed - 283 passengers (196 of them Dutch citizens) and the 15-member crew.

The flights of Air France, which is part of the same airline as KLM, are currently underway.

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