“The Director General of the European Space Agency has initiated a comprehensive review of all activities currently carried out in cooperation with Russia and Ukraine,” the message says.
In particular, ESA terminates cooperation with Russia on the Luna-25, Luna-26 and Luna-27 programs.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said earlier that the country intends to resume its lunar program and launch the Luna-25 robotic complex.
Natan Eismont, a leading researcher at the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, commented on Russia's intention in an interview with RT.
In addition, China and Russia reached a consensus on the text of an intergovernmental agreement on the establishment of a research station on the moon.