MOSCOW, May 02. /ITAR-TASS/. Aeroflot, one of Russia’s biggest air carriers, will increase the number of flights to the Crimean capital city of Simferopol following the Ukrainian authorities’ ban on flight to Kharkiv and Donetsk, the press service of the company said on Friday.

Ukrainian aviation authorities have unilaterally banned Russian air companies to make flights to the eastern Ukrainian cities of Donetsk and Kharkiv starting from Friday, May 2, Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency reported.