UK -> China - Is Flying over Russia safe?

What kind of weird argument is that? If those American Warships are in an active warzone then yes, of course, you don’t overfly them? It wouldn’t be the first time a US aircraft carrier shot down passenger aircraft.. All border areas of russia are on high alert, and russia’s best trained crews are either dead or engaged in the invasion of Ukraine. The people manning the remaining AA aren’t the most experienced by any means. List of recent civilian airliner shootdowns: 2020: Ukrainian International Airlines by Iran 2014: MH17 by russia 2001: Siberia Airlines, again by russia 1988: Iran air shot down by US Aircraft carrier 1983: Korean Airlines, again by russia It doesn’t happen often, but it does happen (and we currently have more ‘hot’ conflicts than we’ve had un a long time) I’ve omitted the smaller passenger aircraft here.