Rogozin announced on his Telegram channel that Roskosmos is halting cooperation with European partners on space launches from Kourou and pulling its technical staff from French Guiana in response to EU sanctions. The EU downplayed the impact of Russia's withdrawal, stating that it would not affect the quality of service provided by its satellite networks Galileo and Copernicus. Galileo is Europe's global navigation satellite system used for positioning and timing in various industries, while Copernicus provides earth observation data. EU Commissioner Thierry Breton tweeted that necessary decisions will be made to develop the second generation of these two sovereign space infrastructures. "We are ready to work decisively with member states to defend critical infrastructures in the event of an attack, and to advance the development of Ariane 6 and VegaC to ensure strategic autonomy in terms of carrier rockets."