Aeroflot cancels all international flights - apart from to Belarus

Aeroflot has cancelled nearly all international flights from 8 March

Russia's national airline, Aeroflot, has cancelled nearly all international flights from 8 March, because of what it called "additional circumstances" impeding its operations, Qazet.az reports.

The EU, UK, US and Canada have all banned Russian airlines from their airspace - severely restricting the number of destinations available, and making other routes more difficult.

Russia has reciprocated with airspace bans of its own.

International sanctions have also been directed at Russia's airline industry, making it difficult for Aeroflot and other Russian airlines to operate normally.