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European Space Agency refuses to cooperate with Russia on lunar programs

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The European Space Agency Council (ESA) has decided to refuse to cooperate with Russia on the monthly programs “Luna-25”, “Luna-26” and “Luna-27”. According to Ukrinform, this was stated

European Space Agency refuses to cooperate with Russia on lunar programs

European Space Agency refuses to cooperate with Russia on lunar programs

The European Space Agency Council (ESA) has decided to refuse to cooperate with Russia on the monthly programs “Luna-25”, “Luna-26” and “Luna-27”.

According to Ukrinform, this was stated in a press release from ESA.

“ESA suspends cooperation with Russia on Luna-25, Luna-26 and Luna-27,” the European Space Agency said.

They noted that Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and the sanctions imposed make it impossible to cooperate with Russia on monthly programs.

ESA added that since cooperation with Roscosmos on ExoMars has been suspended, the ExoMars Rover mission will not launch on Mars in September this year.

On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the start of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Russian troops bombard and destroy important infrastructure facilities; using artillery, rocket-propelled grenade launchers, ballistic missiles and aerial bombs intensively bombarding residential areas of Ukrainian cities and villages.

The invaders carried out mass terror in the temporarily occupied territories.

Western countries have already implemented a number of strong sanctions packages against Russia.

Source: Ukrinform

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