The sanctions against Russian airlines imposed by the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) only apply to transit flights across Ukraine, not to flights from/to Ukraine and transit passengers, Director General of Boryspil International Airport (Kyiv) Yevhen Dykhne told reporters on Tuesday.
US Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt has welcomed the intention of Ukrainian Information Policy Minister Yuriy Stets to amend the Russian sanctions list.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has instructed the country's National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) to remove BBC journalists from the list of persons facing sanctions, presidential press secretary Sviatoslav Tseholko has said.
The Council of the European Union on Monday made a decision to prolong the sanctions list envisaging individual restrictions expiring on September 15 against Russia and representatives of separatist organizations in eastern Ukraine.