The United States government is expected to announce a ban on Russian flights from US airspace on Wednesday, government and industry officials told Reuters.

This came after a late announcement Tuesday that United Airlines had said it had temporarily suspended flights over Russian airspace, joining other major US carriers that have taken the lead after Russia. invasion of Ukraine.

IN the White Housewho declined to comment on Tuesday, held extensive talks with US airlines in recent days on the issue.

United continued to fly over Russian airspace to operate some flights to and from India in recent days.

Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and United Parcel Service have confirmed this week that they have suspended flights over Russia as the White House believes it has banned US carriers from flying over US airspace after Canada and the European Union.

The logo of the leading Russian airline Aeroflot is visible on Airbus. Airlines such as Aeroflot are facing a ban on US airspace

President Joe Biden is stepping up sanctions against Russia as the invasion continues

The European Union has spoken with US counterparts about extending the ban on Russian flights, he said on Tuesday, giving more details on the closure of EU airspace for Russian planes following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

Airlines are already facing potentially prolonged blockades of key east-west corridors after the EU and Moscow issued airspace bans. Washington did not rule out such actions.

Asked if he was in talks with the United States after the European ban, a senior EU official told reporters: “Yes, there are discussions with the United States about what measures to take.”

The EU envoy said Russian oligarchs, even those with dual citizenship, would not be able to circumvent the EU’s airspace ban.

“It doesn’t matter if they are EU citizens, if they are Russian citizens, they will be covered,” the official said.

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is pressuring allied nations for help

“Russian citizens or a Russian company cannot rent, own or control an aircraft that will fly in the EU, outside the EU or fly over the EU. So that’s the rule.

Global supply chains, which are already heavily affected by the pandemic, will face growing disruption and pressure on the cost of closing the skies, which will affect more than a fifth of air cargo.

Russian carriers, which account for approximately 70% of Russian-EU flights, are likely to be hardest hit.

Transport between Europe and North Asian destinations such as Japan, South Korea and China is on the cutting edge after reciprocal bans banned European carriers from flying over Siberia and prevented Russian airlines from flying to Europe.

Airlines responsible for moving about 20 percent of the world’s air cargo are affected by the bans, Frederick Horst, managing director of Cargo Facts Consulting, told Reuters on Tuesday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin continues unhindered by his nation’s invasion of its neighbors

Germany’s Lufthansa, Air France KLM, Finnair and Virgin Atlantic have already canceled cargo flights to North Asia due to closed access to airspace.

Lufthansa Cargo will also reduce some flights in the coming weeks after Russia’s airspace was closed, a spokesman for the German company said on Tuesday.

Scandinavian airline SAS has said it will reorient its Copenhagen-Shanghai service once a week to avoid Russian airspace, and has also suspended its Copenhagen-Tokyo service.

However, major Asian carriers such as Korean Air Lines and Japan’s ANA Holdings still use Russian airspace as well as Middle Eastern airlines.

Alaska Airlines has said it will suspend its partnership with Russia’s S7 Airlines due to fears of a humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.

United Airlines is among many that have suspended all flights in Russian airspace

The shortage of delivery containers and bottlenecks in ports mean that more products are transported by air. Demand for air cargo last year was 6.9% above 2019 levels, according to IATA.

Taiwan’s EVA Airways said on Tuesday that its cargo flights to and from Europe were operating normally and would consider adding more services to meet market demand.

China Airlines, also based in Taiwan, said it would adjust its cargo capacity depending on the situation.

Asia-North America freight routes are expected to be less affected than European routes, analysts say, as many carriers already use Anchorage, Alaska, as a freight center and landing point.

UPS and FedEx Corp earlier cut off supplies to Russia. Deutsche Post said its DHL unit was stopping incoming shipments to Russia.

Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. said Tuesday they are monitoring any disruptions in supply chains as a result of what Russia calls a “special operation” in Ukraine.

two Oklahoma the women were shocked to discover that the mothers and fathers who raised them were not their biological parents, but rather that 55 years ago they were replaced at birth in a local hospital.

Tina Ennis and Jill Lopez, now 57, first made the shocking revelation last month when they filed a lawsuit against Duncan Regional Mixing Hospital in 1964 – which they only discovered in 2019 thanks to a DNA test on Ancestry.com .

In an interview with todaythe two women spoke candidly about learning the truth and what it meant to them.

Catherine Jones, Lopez’s biological mother but the mother who raised Ennis, meanwhile, said she was “completely overwhelmed” by the discovery, describing it as if “someone had caught an ax” in her heart.

“There are so many people involved,” Ennis added. “It’s not just Jill and me.” These are two whole families.

Two women who learned from a DNA test on Ancestry.com that they were replaced at birth in 1964 are suing an Oklahoma hospital for harmful confusion (Tina Ennis pictured left, Jill Lopez pictured right)

Ennis (right) and her mother, Catherine Jones (left), spoke of the devastating confusion on Today’s show.

Jones remembers thinking Ennis was a beautiful baby when he arrived at Duncan’s Hospital and Surgeons Hospital on May 18, 1964.

Jill Lopez and Tina Ennis were born on the same day in 1964 and grew up about two hours apart as complete strangers. At age 55, they discovered they had been replaced when they were babies in the hospital. @tvkatesnow shares their story. pic.twitter.com/8G6PAYbYur

– TODAY (@TODAYshow) March 1, 2022

Jones remembers thinking Ennis was a beautiful baby when he arrived at Duncan’s Hospital and Surgeons Hospital on May 18, 1964.

Ennis remembers a happy childhood, but also said she noticed she didn’t look quite like the rest of her family.

“I looked at a picture one day and it was my two sisters, my mother and I, and I couldn’t find anything on either of these people who looked like me,” she said. “As if there was no resemblance.”

But Jones insisted she looked exactly like the man believed to be her biological father, who left when she was two.

Jones’ father had also left when she was a child, and in 2019, Ennis did a DNA test to try to learn more about her grandfather.

But she was confused when the results came back, and her list of DNA relatives had names she didn’t know, including Brister.

Jones didn’t know the names either, so Ennis had her do a DNA test.

Ennis remembers a happy childhood, but also said she noticed she didn’t look quite like the rest of her family.

“I looked at a picture one day and it was my two sisters, my mother and I, and I couldn’t find anything on either of these people who looked like me,” she said. “As if there was no resemblance”

Ennis did a DNA test in 2019 and found a bunch of relatives on Ancestry.com with names she didn’t know

She persuaded her mother to take a test, and they learned they were not biologically related

“Ours didn’t match,” Ennis said.

Ennis’s 26-year-old daughter suggested she was changed at birth and began digging online, searching for names that appeared in Ennis’ links on Ancestry.com.

She was able to find a woman nearby who was born on the same day – and, remarkably, she looked very much like Jones.

“I thought she looked just like my mother,” Ennis said.

This woman was Lopez, to whom Ennis soon sent a message, persuading her to do a DNA test.

She returned with Jones as a coincidence with her mother.

“All I could think about was how I would tell my mother,” Ennis said, crying. “I just thought she wouldn’t be able to do it. That’s what I thought.

Jones was heartbroken.

“It simply came to my notice then. It completely ruined me, “she said.

Ennis’s 26-year-old daughter found a woman nearby who was born the same day – and, remarkably, she looked a lot like Jones (Lopez pictured as a child)

“It’s hard to know what to do, you know, because there are no books to buy [to] I will survive you, “Lopez said

Unfortunately, Ennis’ biological parents, Joyce and John Brister, have died

“She was afraid she would lose me,” Ennis said. “And she wouldn’t do it.” I wouldn’t leave her.

“I could not lose Tina. She will always be my daughter, “Jones added. “I loved her from the moment they put her in my arms.”

Ever since they learned about the change, Lopez and Jones have known each other, learning that they have a shared love of purple, shopping and real estate sales.

Unfortunately, Ennis’ biological parents, Joyce and John Brister, have died.

“It’s hard to know what to do, you know, because there are no books to buy [to] I will survive you, “Lopez said.

Ennis, Lopez and Jones are now suing Duncan Regional Hospital (which merged with Duncan Hospital and Surgeons Hospital in 1975) for recklessness and negligent infliction of emotional stress.

The hospital responded by claiming that although it had merged with the hospital where the two women were born, it was not the same and therefore not responsible.

Jones, Lopez’s biological mother but the mother who raised Ennis, said she was “completely overwhelmed” by the discovery, describing it as “someone caught a hatchet” in her heart.

Ennis (far left) failed to meet her biological parents, but Jones (bottom left) had a chance to meet Lopez.

Ennis, Lopez (left) and Jones (right) sue Duncan Regional Hospital (which merged with Duncan Hospital and Surgeons Hospital in 1975) for recklessness and negligent infliction of emotional stress.

The women had previously talked to Everyday beast for the ordeal, with Ennis describing the terrible moment in which he realized the truth.

“It simply came to my notice then [in that moment] because I just said to myself, “This is real,” she said.

At first, Jones didn’t want to believe it, but when he saw a picture of Lopez working in real estate, he initially thought it was an old picture of her.

“Because she actually looked just like me,” Jones said. And that ruined me.

Jones said one of the worst parts of the discovery was the realization that her grandchildren were not biologically hers either.

“It was as if someone had ripped a piece of my heart out,” Jones said. I just couldn’t handle it.