‘That’s just Dmitry’: Nasa plays down threat to ISS amid Ukraine war

Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Roscosmos, left, speaks with Russian cosmonauts before their launch to the International Space Station, at Baikonur in Kazakhstan on Friday. Photograph: AP

The Nasa administrator, Bill Nelson, has played down hostile comments by the head of the Russian space agency, after Russia said it would stop supplying rocket engines to US companies.

“That’s just Dmitry Rogozin,” Nelson told the Associated Press. “He spouts off every now and then. But at the end of the day, he’s worked with us.