Roscosmos State Corporation confirmed the information announced at a briefing by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) about the accident on the ISS.
As the state corporation's press service noted in a conversation with TASS news agency, there is an air leak, its source has not yet been found. The fact that it is located in the Russian segment is not refuted.
Indeed, specialists are recording an air leak on board the ISS. The crew regularly carries out work to search for and eliminate possible leak locations, and data coming from the station is transmitted for analysis to specialists in normal mode. The crew and station are not in danger.
Earlier at a briefing, the head of the ISS program, Joel Montalbano, stated that a small air leak is observed in the tail section of the Russian segment of the ISS. According to Montalbano, it has increased in recent days, but does not threaten the safety of the crew.
It is worth noting that the wear and tear of the ISS has been discussed many times, both abroad and in Russia. In particular, the head of Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov, not so long ago stated that 80% of Russian equipment on the ISS has already outlived its service life, the station's resources are almost exhausted, and it is "approaching the end of its existence."
