Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin – Screengrabs Social Media/XNatural escalation or state terrorism?Under pressure of unprecedented missile and drone airstrikes, as well as Russian frontline advances in Donetsk’s ‘fortress belt’, Kiev regime leader Volodymyr Zelensky appears to be intent on severely escalating the war by closing Russian airspace, darkening the skies with drones.Zelensky issued a warning to airlines and passengers that Russian airspace is ‘completely unsafe’ because of Ukrainian drone operations.The Telegraph reported:“On Tuesday night, he said: ‘Today, we want to warn every airline that uses Russian airspace, every insurer, and everyone who still uses Russia’s key airports: Russian airspace is becoming completely unsafe’.‘Ukraine does not threaten civilian aviation as such – not a single civilian aircraft. There will simply be drones in Russia’s skies on a scale that has to be taken into account’.”Zelensky THREATENS CIVILIAN AIRLINES FLYING THROUGH RUSSIAN AIRSPACEREMINDER: Putin has ALREADY warned ‘THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A RESPONSE’ pic.twitter.com/pOwrs543KM— RTRussia (@RT_Russia_) September 1, 2026In the meantime, Russia’s Vladimir Putin responded that ‘there can be no negotiations with terrorists’.RT reported:“Putin was asked to respond to the remarks at a press conference on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday.‘If this was said out loud, then it is simply a move toward state terrorism’, Putin said. ‘I would also draw attention to the fact that they are asking us to resume negotiations; they are asking for face-to-face meetings’, he added. ‘There are no negotiations with terrorists’.Putin added that Moscow would find a way to respond if Kiev’s threats resulted in any tragedies.‘Let no one doubt that’, he said.” “No negotiations with terrorists” — Putin on Zelensky’s threats to Russian aviationPresident Vladimir Putin slammed Zelensky’s threats against Russian civilian aviation as “a bid for state terrorism.”He noted that Ukraine is asking Russia to resume negotiations and… https://t.co/WEmsiJQRnE pic.twitter.com/3w4ecwhTsv— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) September 1, 2026Read more:‘BAD TASTE IN THE MOUTH’: Zelensky Pans European Allies for Going Out on Vacation as Ukraine Is Under Unprecedented Missile and Drone Strikes (VIDEO)/*! This file is auto-generated */!function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i