The European Space Agency (ESA) announced the termination of cooperation with Russia on the lunar program. This decision was made in connection with the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the aggressor country, according to the agency's website..

In particular, the termination of work concerns the Luna-25, Luna-26 and Luna-27 programs..

“As with ExoMars, Russian aggression against Ukraine and the subsequent sanctions represent a fundamental change in circumstances and make ESA’s planned lunar collaboration impossible,” the agency said in a statement..

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ESA also noted that the tools that were developed for joint projects with Russia will be used in other programs.. Thus, the PROSPECT drill and instrumentation for the analysis of volatile particles, which were supposed to be part of the Luna-27 program, will be delivered to the Earth satellite as part of the NASA mission.

In addition, ESA has agreed with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and a commercial company to participate in programs of other instruments..

On the eve of the fact that Russia wants to restore its lunar program and launch the Luna-25 robotic complex, the president of the aggressor country Vladimir Putin said. At the same time, the head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, announced that the Russian Federation would invest on schedule and complete the program in the third quarter of this year..

Rogozin has already commented on the withdrawal of ESA from the program: “So, we will remove their devices from our devices. A European woman with a cart, a Russian mare is easier " The decision to withdraw Europeans from the program in Roskosmos is not considered an obstacle to launching the mission on schedule.

Earlier, Rogozin congratulated NATO on its birthday and announced that Russia is monitoring the Alliance using its satellites.