As reported by Ukrinform, the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense reported this on Telegram.

The joint stock company “Information satellite systems named after Academician Mykhailo Reshetnyov” came under international sanctions after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

According to the information of the Ukrainian military intelligence, Russian designers and scientists, among other things, are developing the so-called “big eyes” – space exploration vehicles – at strategically important defense industry facilities. enemy. In particular, the projects of the promising high-orbit radio-electronic intelligence guidance system “Repei”, the global space command-relay system “Heracle-KV” complex and the combined satellite communications system of the third stage “Sphere”.

The company is located in the closed city of Zheliznohirsk (Krasnoyarsk Territory, Russian Federation).

“The production of the basic elements of the listed objects was actually stopped due to the acute shortage of electronic components of both foreign and Russian production. This is due to the lack of hundreds of thousands of equipment elements for space modules. As a result, the planned deadlines for the completion of scientific and research work of the specified space intelligence complexes were interrupted. and “postponed” for several years.

Yes, projects have been delayed for several years. In particular, “Repei” was moved from 2022 to 2024, “Heracle-KV” – from 2023 to 2025, and “Sfera” – from 2025 to 2027.

Ukrainian intelligence added that several branches of the Russian economy would soon be in danger of extinction due to sanctions and mobilization.

As Ukrinform reported, the European Union plans to implement the 10th package of sanctions against Russia on the anniversary of the full-scale invasion, sanctions against Belarus will be introduced earlier.