The Antonov An-225 *Mriya*, known as the world's largest airplane and Ukrainian for "dream," was destroyed during Russia's invasion of Ukraine at Gostomel Airport in February 2022. Air charter company ...

In the early days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Antonov An-225 "Mriya," the largest aircraft in the world, was destroyed in a Russian attack on the Antonov Airport near the Ukrainian capital ...

The Antonov State Enterprise is building a second An-225 Mriya aircraft after the first one was destroyed by Russian occupiers during the offensive in Kyiv Oblast in February. Source: Acting General ...

Antonov’s mighty An-225 Mriya is a legendary aircraft. It is the largest plane to ever enter service in the world, and only one has been completed to date, with the first aircraft entering service in ...

The Antonov An-225 Mriya—once the world’s largest aircraft—lies in pieces in an airport northwest of Ukraine’s capital city, Kyiv. Heavily damaged during fierce fighting between Russian paratroopers ...

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 ...

KYIV, Ukraine — The world’s largest plane was reportedly destroyed during fighting with Russian troops at the airport outside Kyiv where it was parked. The Antonov AN-225 “Mriya” — or “dream” in ...

It will forever be known as the AN-225 Mriya, and for more than three decades it has been the world’s largest aircraft in terms of payload. It set some 240 world records, many of them still unbeaten, ...

Since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, one critical airport has been the site of a days long battle. In all of the fighting the world-famous one-off Antonov An-225 Mriya has been ...

“Russia may have destroyed our ‘Mriya,'” wrote Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba. “But they will never be able to destroy our dream of a strong, free, and democratic European state.