Washington. you are in the cnn newsroom on this saturday. russian president vladimir putin issuing a chilling warning to the west. the international sanctions against him and his country are, quote, the equivalent of a declaration of war, but made that announcement while at russia s largest airline owned primarily by the government crippled by airspace closures from the west. compare this cheery image with the horrors unfolding in ukraine. we need to warn you that these images are disturbing. inside this blood-stained blanket is a little boy. 18 months old, barely a toddler tragically, the hospital workers couldn t save him. he was wounded by shelling, despite russia declaring a cease-fire in his town mariupol, city officials there say russian forces are targeting civilians. the russian army start to bomb the places where people
The crisis in ukraine has seen sanctions, airspace closures and sky high oil prices. jet fuel is now roughly double what it was a year ago. we don t know how this crisis will impact us. we saw a dip in bookings when this started, stabilized a little bit now. but i mean, the fuel prices will obviously be a challenge. that could squeeze some airlines and make tickets pricier. and for the upstarts rising from one crisis, there could still be testing times to come. adrienne murray, bbc news, 0slo. there are certainly testing times for airports in different parts of europe. there are more details on our website of what is happening at the moment. hong kong leader carrie lam will not run for a second term as chief executive of the global financial hub in a leadership election due to take place on may 8th.
Transport between Europe and north Asian destinations like Japan, South Korea and China has become particularly problematic due to reciprocal airspace bans that bar European carriers from flying over Siberia and Russia airlines from flying to Europe
Drilling being permitted before the permits were even granted. that he faults the government for, and instructed ken sal czar to carry out the instructions. thanks, mike. all right. president obama will be speaking this morning at the national peace officers memorial service in washington. there s a big crowd gathered for it right now, as you get a live look right there. this is part of a week-long event paying attribute to local, state and federal law enforcement officers. we ll bring you the president s comments later live in this hour. that volcano in iceland is causing more trouble for travelers in european. let s get to stephanie gosk for the latest. what goes the latest? how much do they think this trouble is going to brew, starting tomorrow? yeah, right now the department of transport here in the uk session think may at this there s been no airspace closures at this point, say they