# Pegasus cancels Moscow flights after Zelensky warns Russian airspace is unsafe

https://mins.news/en/item/41739

- Meduza, 2026-09-02 09:45 UTC
- World
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/09/02/turkish-airline-pegasus-cancels-flights-between-moscow-and-turkey-after-zelensky-s-warning-about-unsafe-russian-airspace

> Turkish budget airline Pegasus canceled at least one Bodrum–Moscow flight, while Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport listed several other cancellations to Turkey and additional destinations. The airport imposed temporary overnight restrictions for security reasons before Russia’s aviation authority said they had been lifted. Zelensky had warned that Russian airspace was becoming unsafe because of expected drone activity; Putin called the remarks “a bid for state terrorism.”

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