US:Russia tensions now affecting space exploration, as NASA cuts Moscow contacts
The US space agency has cut all contacts with Russia, except for cooperation on board the International Space Station.
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The US space agency has cut all contacts with Russia, except for cooperation on board the International Space Station.
It’s believed Col Yuliy Mamchur is being held in a Russian military jail.
Shots were fired as armoured vehicles entered the Belbek base near Sevastopol, after a deadline to hand the complex over to Russia expired.
Moscow has vetoed a resolution criticising tomorrow’s succession referendum in Crimea. China, which often backs Russia, abstained from the UN vote.
The march comes on the eve of Crimea’s vote on whether to secede from Ukraine and join Russia.
America’s top diplomat said last night that Moscow was looking for a “pretext” to invade Ukraine further.