Ukraine-made giant air cargo Mriya burnt in Russian shelling
KYIV, Feb 27 (Reuters) – The world’s largest cargo plane, the Ukrainian-made Antonov-225 Mriya, was burnt in a Russian attack on Hostomel airport near Kyiv, Ukrainian state arms manufacture Ukroboronprom said 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 restoration would cost more than $3 billion and take a long time.
(Reporting by Natalia Zinets;Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)
Photo Helmuts Rudzītis from Rīga, Latvia
