World's largest cargo plane burnt in Ukraine
"The Russian occupiers destroyed the flagship of Ukrainian aviation - the legendary An-225 Mriya...
The world's largest cargo plane, the Ukrainian-made Antonov-225 Mriya, was burnt in a Russian attack on Hostomel airport near Kyiv, said Ukrainian state arms manufacture Ukroboronprom on Sunday.
"The Russian occupiers destroyed the flagship of Ukrainian aviation - the legendary An-225 Mriya.
"It happened at the Antonov airfield in Hostomel near Kyiv," Ukroboronprom said on its Facebook page.
It said that the plane’s restoration would cost more than US$3 billion and take a long time.
- Reuters
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