Irish Examiner view: West begins to get its act together on Ukraine

Closing international and commercial airspace to Russian planes sends another signal that democracies will not sit on their hands

A man holds a poster which reads "No war" as people lay flowers near the place where Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was gunned down, on Sunday. Picture: AP Photo/Denis Kaminev

Slowly, slowly the world is beginning to grind into action in response to the appalling aggression of the Kremlin dictator Vladimir Putin. 

Closing international and commercial airspace to Russian planes, action which Ireland has been able to join, sends another welcome signal that democracies will not sit on their hands.