US Will Bar Russian Planes from American Airspace: Biden

U.S. President Joe Biden gives his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on March 1, 2022. Julia Nikhinson-Pool/Getty Images

At the State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Joe Biden announced that the United States will join several other western nations in barring Russian aircraft—including commercial and private flights—from entering U.S. airspace.

“Six days ago, Russia’s Vladimir Putin sought to shake the very foundations of the free world,” Biden said. “He thought he could roll into Ukraine and the world would roll over. Instead, he met with a wall of strength he never anticipated or imagined—he met the Ukrainian people.”