Russia stops production of means for space intelligence due to international sanctions 

The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry reported that after the Russian full-scale invasion, joint-stock company "Information satellite systems named after Academician M.F. Reshetnev" came under international sanctions. 

According to intelligence data, Russians are developing the so-called "big eyes" at this strategic enterprise - means of conducting space reconnaissance. Ukrainian intelligence informs that following are manufactured there:

• "Repey" - project of promising high-orbital system for conducting radio-electronic intelligence;
• "Geracle-KV" - project of the complex of global space command and relay system;
• "Sphere" is a project of a unified satellite communication system of the 3rd stage.

Currently, production of these objects is stopped due to lack of electronic components of both foreign and Russian production. Ukrainian intelligence emphasizes that it is about the absence of hundreds of thousands of equipment elements for space modules.

Due to lack of these elements, planned deadlines for completion of scientific research work have been postponed for several years.

• In addition to EU members, 8 more European countries joined the bloc's decision on personal sanctions against individuals connected with Russian Federation's military aggression against Ukraine, which were extended in September 2022.