Russia's area company on Saturday rejected claims that three Russian cosmonauts who had been launched to the Worldwide Area Station (ISS) wore yellow and blue fits to match the Ukrainian flag, calling the notion "loopy."

"Typically yellow is simply yellow," Roscosmos' press service stated on its Telegram channel, in line with Reuters. "The flight fits of the brand new crew are made within the colours of the symbol of the Bauman Moscow State Technical College, which all three cosmonauts graduated from...To see the Ukrainian flag in all places and in every little thing is loopy."

The assertion got here after a number of Western media shops reported that the cosmonauts wore the defining colours on Friday in an obvious present of help for Ukraine, following Russia's invasion of the nation on February 24.

The fits had been brilliant yellow with a blue trimming—the identical colours as Ukraine's flag—and marked a notable distinction from the sometimes subdued outfits worn by astronauts. Previously a number of weeks, sporting or displaying yellow and blue has grow to be a outstanding sign of anti-war activism all over the world.

Nonetheless, Roscosmos director-general Dmitry Rogozin doubled-down in opposition to claims that the fits had been worn as a political assertion, stating that the colours had been chosen months in the past.

"Each crew picks a coloration that appears totally different. It was our flip to choose a coloration," he stated, in line with Reuters. "The reality is, we had gathered quite a lot of yellow material, so we would have liked to make use of it up. That is why we needed to put on yellow flight fits."

"It has nothing to do with Ukraine," he added. "In today, regardless that we're in area, we're along with our president and other people!" Roscosmos additionally revealed a photograph of cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev sporting a swimsuit with Russian colours on Saturday, in line with BBC Information.

The director normal has additionally expressed concern over worldwide area relations and instructed that sanctions imposed by the U.S. in response to the continued warfare may destroy the ISS. In response, NASA has insisted that its work with Russia has not been swayed by geopolitical variations on Earth.

On Saturday, the United Nations stated that a minimum of 847 Ukrainian civilians have up to now been killed and 1,399 wounded because the warfare started. Over 3.2 million refugees have additionally fled Ukraine, whereas extra 6 million have been displaced contained in the nation.

1000's of troopers have additionally been killed within the preventing, however negotiations between Ukrainian and Russian delegates have up to now didn't yield any outcomes.

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Russia's area company denied experiences that Russian cosmonauts wore yellow and blue fits to help Ukraine. Above, a spacecraft blasts off to the ISS from the Moscow-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on December 8, 2021.KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Pictures