Ukraine has agreed with Boeing on the purchase of engines and launch vehicles design Bureau "southern" and enterprise "Yuzhmash" in the absence of contacts of Ukraine with "sanctions" countries, reports the website of the Ukrainian TV channel "1 1" on Wednesday.

"Such agreement the parties reached in the U.S. capital. According to the chief of the national space Agency of Lubomir Sabodala, one of the conditions of America - the lack of cooperation of Ukraine with the countries that are under U.S. sanctions, " reports TSN.

The "South" will supply launch vehicles rocket "Zenit" and " Antares ". The Memorandum of cooperation between Boeing and the national space Agency is required to be signed before the end of October - beginning of November, to visit the NASA delegation to Ukraine.

"Boeing is interested in continuation of cooperation with Ukraine in the direction of the project, also interested in the project, which Kiev has made the initiative to establish a new satellite, which would help Ukraine to implement telecommunication problems ", - told the head of the national space Agency of Ukraine Lubomir Sabodash.

The U.S. currently buys Russian engines.

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