ESA CEO Josef Aschbacher said that the company continues to work on all its programs, including the launch campaign to the ISS and the ExoMars mission.
PARIS, February 25. /tass/. Cooperation between the European Space Agency (ESA) and Roscosmos will continue, despite the situation in Ukraine. This was announced on Friday by ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher.
"Despite the current conflict, civil space cooperation remains a link. ESA continues to work on all its programs, including the ISS launch campaign and the ExoMars mission, in order to fulfill its obligations to Member States and partners. We continue to monitor the situation," he wrote on his Twitter page.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday morning said that in response to the appeal of the leaders of the republics of Donbass, he decided to conduct a special military operation in Ukraine. The Russian leader stressed that Moscow's plans do not include the occupation of Ukrainian territories. Immediately after that, the United States, the EU, the United Kingdom, as well as a number of other states announced that they were imposing sanctions against Russian individuals and legal entities.
