Contents tagged with Ukrainian engines

  • Poroshenko invites authors of controversial New York Times article to Ukraine

    Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko gave instructions to invite the authors of the New York Times article on possible shipments of Ukrainian rocket engines to North Korea.

    “I am grateful to the editorial staff of the New York Times for drawing the world’s attention to the potential of Ukraine’s missile and space complex. It is elegant, but not the best way. We do not pass on rocket technologies, and we support the international non-proliferation regime responsibly. I have given instructions …

  • Kyiv: Russia could have removed Ukrainian engines from Cyclone rockets and sent them to North Korea

    There are between 7 and 20 Cyclone-2 and Cyclone-3 rockets with Ukrainian RD-250 engines in Russia, and it is likely that these are the engines that Ukraine is accused of supplying to North Korea, stated  the Chairman of the State Space Agency, Yuri Radchenko.

    “According to operational information, Russia currently has between 7 and 20 Cyclone-2 and Cyclone-3 missiles, which have these engines (RD-250). There is documentation,” he said.

    According to him, these engines were previously …