MOSCOW: Russia had issued warned the world nations, including the USA, of serious consequences if they act against it in the name of its invasion into Ukraine. It had threatened that it would withdraw from the International Space Station (ISS) in response to the sanctions imposed on the country. If Russia withdraws its support, the US and other countries won't be able to keep the ISS from falling down. This can result in a major catastrophe.

Although Russia has not yet withdrawn from the ISS, it has come up with some other measures. As a first step, it has removed flags of countries such as the USA, the UK and Japan from a rocket it is launching. However, it has kept India's tricolour flag intact on the rocket. The Russian space agency has also shared visuals of workers covering the flags painted on the rocket.

'The launchers in Baikonur decided that our rockets would be more beautiful without the national flags of some countries., "said Dmitry Rogozin, director general of the Russian space agency ROSCOSMOS, which shared a video on Twitter. The video showed workers covering the flags of the United States, Britain and Japan with paint.

Стартовики на Байконуре решили, что без флагов некоторых стран наша ракета будет краше выглядеть. pic.twitter.com/jG1ohimNuX

— РОГОЗИН (@Rogozin) March 2, 2022