The Ukrainian government confirmed this Sunday that a Russian attack near Kiev destroyed the world’s largest aircraft, the AN-225 ‘Mriya’. According to what was reported, the situation occurred at the Hostomel airport.
The world’s largest aircraft, the AN-225 ‘Mriya’, was destroyed in a Russian airstrike at Hostomel airportnear Kiev, in the midst of the invasion of Ukraine.
The news was announced by Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmytro Kulebathrough his Twitter account.
“This was the largest aircraft in the world, the AN-225 ‘Mriya’ (‘Dream’ in Ukrainian),” the authority said, attaching photos of the well-known aircraft.
“Russia may have destroyed our ‘Mriya’ -Dream’ in Ukrainian-, but they can never destroy our dream of a strong, free and democratic European state. We will win!” added Kuleba.
This was the world’s largest aircraft, AN-225 ‘Mriya’ (‘Dream’ in Ukrainian). Russia may have destroyed our ‘Mriya’. But they will never be able to destroy our dream of a strong, free and democratic European state. We shall prevail! pic.twitter.com/TdnBFlj3N8
– Dmytro Kuleba (myDmytroKuleba) February 27, 2022
According to the company Ukroboronprom, which is the Ukrainian state company in charge of the arsenal, “The Russians destroyed the flagship of Ukrainian aviation, the legendary An-225 Mriya. This happened at the Antonov airport in Hostomel near Kiev.”
He also specified that the restoration can cost more than three billion dollars and it would take too long.
According to what was reported by the BBC, the plane would leave on February 24, but it did not materialize due to the blockade of flights.
After the missile attack it would have been burned and it is estimated that its repair might take five years.
His time in Chile
In November 2016, the largest commercial aircraft in the world moved a transformer from Brazil to Chile for one of Colbun’s power plants, being the largest air cargo operation carried out in the country.
The plane landed at the Santiago airport.
The ship, which was built in the 1980s in the Soviet Union, is 84 meters long, has a wingspan of 88 meters, and weighs 175 tons without cargo or fuel, making it the longest, widest and heaviest in the world. She is powered by six motors and her landing gear is made up of 32 wheels.