Russia told the International Space Station could crash in India amid the USA imposing sanctions on Russia.

The Chief of Russia’s ISS Dmitry Rogozin issued a warning statement on Twitter where he told the possibility of falling 500 tones structures in India and China.

Highlights

ISS Contains Russia and USA as major partners in the space station.
The US announced sweeping sanctions against Russia recently.
Russia has the responsibility in ISS to control the entire complex.

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Russia’s Space Agency has recently warned the US for its working in International Space Station (ISS), says it will not work with the USA and that could lead to the big crash of 500 tones in India and China.

The agency asked the US against the sanction, the US is day by day imposing on Moscow can “Destroy Cooperation” on the International Space Station and also said if Washington has the intention to threaten India and China with the “possibility of falling 500 tons of structure on them.”

Including many countries in the ISS, Russia and the US is the biggest partners with the others Canada, Japan, some European countries like France, Italy, and Spain. The US has imposed many sanctions on different fields including trade, banking, and assets. Russia has faced these sanctions after it attacked Ukraine.

The agency told in a tweet “if you block cooperation with us, who will save the international space station (ISS) from an uncontrolled deorbit and fall into the United States or…Europe?” and said also there is a possibility of falling 500 tons of structure on India and China.

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“Do you want to threaten them with such a prospect? The ISS does not fly over Russia, therefore all the risks are yours. Are you ready for them? Space Agency Chief stated in a tweet.

NASA has not given any reply to the Russian Space Agency Chief but yesterday it said that the International Partnership of Russia and the USA will be continued without inclining the matter of Ukraine Invasion.

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