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Such a chonker that it'll have to be temporarily moved out of the way during a Soyuz approach in a couple of months?
Maybe ... I'm actually not sure if this is something that they'd have to do even with a smaller vehicle. Anyway, here are the basic details:
Now, the above quote is immediately preceded in the article by "Because of its increased size ...". But I didn't notice that point being made explicitly during said pre-launch briefing. The two relevant sections are 9:40 - 10:25 and 33:51 - 35:18. At 34:47 she simply says, "Just to be on the safe side, we're trying to keep the neighbouring port free."