German officials say the country is preparing to close its airspace to Russian planes.
German Transport Minister Volker Wissing backs such a measure and has ordered all preparations for this to be undertaken, his ministry said on Twitter.
Hours earlier, a German-registered DHL cargo plane made a sharp turn back out of Russian airspace, according to air traffic monitoring website FlightAware.com.
Separately, German airline Lufthansa says it is halting flights to Russia and will stop overflying the country for the next seven days.
“Lufthansa will no longer use Russian airspace in the next seven days due to the current and emerging regulatory situation. Flights to Russia will be suspended during this period,” the company says in a statement.
“Flights that are currently in Russian airspace will leave it shortly,” it adds.
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