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World's largest plane destroyed in Ukraine

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Chandigarh, February 28

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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.

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Russian forces destroyed the Ukraine’s flagman aircraft An-225 Mriya, Ukraine’s state defense conglomerate Ukroboronprom said on Telegram.

The aircraft was destroyed in an attack by Russian troops on the Hostomel airport outside Kiev, Ukroboronprom added. The restoration of the plane will cost more than $3 billion and will take a long time, it said.

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The An-225 Mriya, designed in the 1980s, is the longest and the heaviest airplane ever built. It was capable of carrying up to 640 tons of cargo, Xinhua news agency reported. Agencies

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