Roman Protasevich arrest: EU to ban Belarusian jets from airspace after critic snatched from plane |

Brussels is to ban Belarusian planes from EU airspace as it ramps up pressure on the Minsk regime over the forced diversion of a passenger jet and arrest of a government critic.

The move will also see European airlines strongly encouraged to avoid flying over the ex-Soviet country, which sparked an international outcry after a Ryanair flight was forced to land by a fighter jet and dissident journalist Roman Protasevich was detained.

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