International Space Station: Russia will exit the International Space Station after 2024 amid tensions with the West

Amidst the war with Ukraine, Russia has made a big decision. He will exit the International Space Station after 2024 and focus on building his own orbiting outpost. The country's newly appointed space chief said on Tuesday.

Earlier this month Yuri Borisov was appointed to head Russia's space corporation Roscosmos. Borisov said during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin that Russia would meet its obligations to other partners on the International Space Station before leaving the project.

It has been decided to leave the station after 2024. Borisov's statement confirmed previous announcements by Russian space officials about Moscow's intention to leave the space outpost after 2024. This information has been given by the news agency AP.

The statement comes amid rising tensions between Russia and the West over the Kremlin's military action in Ukraine. NASA and Roscosmos launched earlier this month to continue Russian rocket rides despite the rift for astronauts and to hold lifts for Russian astronauts to the International Space Station with SpaceX.

According to NASA and Russian officials, the agreement ensures that the space station always has at least one American and one Russian on board, so that both sides of the orbiting outpost can operate smoothly. Swap was working for a long time. It was finalized despite conflict over Ukraine in a sign of Russia and the US continuing cooperation in space.

On the other hand, a senior NASA official said that Russia has not informed NASA about its intention to withdraw from the International Space Station in 2024. Russia's new space chief claimed on Tuesday that Moscow is planning to exit the two-decade-old orbital partnership.