KYIV, 14 February 2022, (TON): Ukraine sees no point closing its airspace amid the tensions with Moscow, a senior Ukrainian official said on Sunday, after the United States warned that Russia could invade the eastern European nation at any time.

Dutch carrier KLM said it would stop flying to Ukraine and Germany's Lufthansa said "it was considering suspending flights."

Ukraine's SkyUp said that it had to divert one flight after the owner of the leased aircraft barred it from entering Ukrainian airspace.

Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian president's chief of staff said “the most important point is that Ukraine itself sees no point in closing the sky. This is nonsense. And, in my opinion, it somewhat resembles a kind of partial blockade.”

He told “if particular air carriers decide to reconfigure the flight schedule, this certainly has nothing to do with the decisions or policies of our state.”

The United States, its Western allies and other nations have been scaling back or evacuating embassy staff and have advised their citizens not to travel to Ukraine amid the standoff.