World's largest aircraft destroyed in the Ukraine war: Zelenskyj's minister answers defiantly

Created: 2022-02-28Updated: 2022-02-28, 4:39 p.m

By: Max Darga

The Antonov An-225 Mriya on approach to Chopin Airport.

According to a Ukrainian media report, the plane was destroyed.

© Bartlomiej Myc

The Antonov An-255 Mriya is the world's largest cargo aircraft.

According to a Ukrainian media report, it was destroyed during the fighting for the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.

Kyiv - The defense company Ukroboronprom announced on Sunday that "Russian invaders" have destroyed the "flagship" of Ukrainian aviation in the Ukraine conflict*.

The An-255 “Mryia” cargo plane can still be repaired, but the cost of this is reported to be three billion US dollars.

Costs that "the aggressor" Russia * should bear, as it was said.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba tweeted: “Russia may have destroyed our 'Mryia' but they will never destroy our dream of a strong, free and democratic European state.

We will prevail.”

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a similar statement.

The repair of the Mryia is also announced on Ukraine's official Twitter page.

The name of the cargo plane "Mryia" means "dream" in German.

Since February 24, Russia has been waging a war of aggression in Ukraine.

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