Dmitry Rogozin, director-general of the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos), has reacted sharply to US sanctions against Ukraine over its attacks.
He warned that his country would not co-operate in the management of the International Space Station (ISS) in the wake of the sanctions. He questioned whether the US wanted to threaten the possibility of a 500-tonne ISIS landing on India and China. CNN quoted Rogozin as saying on Twitter that the locomotive control engines were under Russian control.
“If we stop cooperating, who will save the ISS from going into uncontrolled orbit and America falling on Europe? The 500-tonne ISS is likely to land in India and China. Want to threaten those countries with the same excuse? Since ISS is not going over Russia, the risk is yours. Are you ready for that?” Russia, the United States, as well as Canada, Japan, France, Italy, and Spain are the main partners in the ISS program.
However, CNN reported that NASA, along with Roscosmos and other organizations, was trying to keep the ISS operating smoothly.
On Thursday Russia invaded Ukraine by bombing the capital, Kyiv and many countries across the world have issued sanctions against Russia to crumble its economy but it has not stopped Putin’s army from invading Ukraine.
