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Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has confirmed that the only An-225, the largest operational cargo aircraft, has been destroyed. Antonov has not confirmed it yet. There's yet another victim of the conflict underway in Ukraine: the only Antonov An-225 'Mriya' ('Dream" in Ukrainian). The Mriya (NATO reporting name: Cossack) was designed at the end of Cold War and its purpose was to carry the Soviet “Buran” space shuttle and parts of the “Energia” rocket on its back....
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A clip allegedly filmed last week shows what remains of the An-225 Mriya (Dream) in a hangar of Antonov Airlines airport. Last week, we reported that posts on social media claimed the only operational An-225 Mriya, the world's heaviest aircraft, had been “damaged” during a battle for Antonov Airport, also called “Hostomel” or “Gostomel” Airport, located in a northwestern suburb of Kyiv. ...
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If you needed more evidence that the world's largest cargo plane was almost completely destroyed, here it is. Yesterday we posted an article with a video, filmed last week, on Feb. 25 or 26, at Hostomel (or Gostomel) airport, near Kyiv, that provided a glimpse at the hangar of the only An-225 Mriya, the world's heaviest aircraft. The footage left little space to hope: although not in HD, the footage was clear enough to show that the nose section of the iconic cargo aircraft had been destroyed....
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The only An-225 Mriya was destroyed during the early stages of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Antonov now wants to restore it but needs funds. As everybody knows by now, the only An-225 Mriya (NATO reporting name: Cossack), the world’s heaviest aircraft ever built, the one with the largest wingspan of any aircraft in operational service and the largest cargo in operational service, was destroyed at Antonov Airport, also called “Hostomel” or “Gostomel” Airport, located in a northwestern suburb of Kyiv, between Feb....
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