Russia mocks reports of astronauts wearing yellow clothes in support of Ukraine!

The Russian Space Agency on Saturday denied Western media reports that the Russian cosmonauts who joined the International Space Station chose to wear yellow suits with a blue stripe in support of Ukraine.

"Sometimes it's yellow ... only yellow," the press service of the Russian Federal Space Agency said on its Telegram channel.

"The flight uniforms of the new crew are made in the colors of the emblem of Bauman Moscow State Technical University, from which all three pioneers graduated ... It's crazy to imagine the Ukrainian flag everywhere and in everything," she added.

The Director General of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Dmitry Rogozin, was even more blunt, saying on his personal Telegram channel that Russian cosmonauts had no sympathy for Ukrainian nationalists.

At a press conference broadcast live from the International Space Station on Friday, veteran astronaut Oleg Artemyev, the mission commander, was asked about the outfit. That's why we had to wear the yellow flight uniform."

The Director General of the Russian Federal Space Agency said the sanctions imposed by the United States on Russia in response to the invasion could destroy the collective action on the International Space Station and cause the station to fall out of orbit.

NASA officials said the US and Russian crew members are aware of events on the ground but their work has not been affected by geopolitical tensions.

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