A Turkish passenger plane flew through Ukrainian airspace on July 25 for several hours. The airline — a new Turkish company called BBN — said the pilots were avoiding a storm. The plane, an Airbus A320-200 operated by Turkish company BBN Airlines, was flying from Oslo, Norway to Antalya, Turkey on July 25. Ukraine closed its airspace when Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, forbidding civilian aircraft to enter. The area the plane flew has not seen heavy fighting, which has been concentrated hundreds of miles to the east.

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