KIEV (TASS) — Ukraine withdrew from the agreements on civil aviation and the use of airspace signed within the framework of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The corresponding decree was signed by the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky on Tuesday, according to his official website.

It was specified that Ukraine is withdrawing from the agreement on civil aviation and the use of airspace signed on December 25, 1991, and from the airspace agreement dated May 15, 1992.

Earlier, in May 2018, Ukraine stopped participating in the work of the statutory bodies of the commonwealth, and its representation at the statutory bodies of the CIS was closed. In the same year, Kiev began withdrawing from cooperation agreements within the CIS.