Ukraine's Antonov An-225 'Mriya' has been destroyed.

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Paul Larson

Міністр закордонних справ України 🇺🇦 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine:
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!

An-225 'Mriya's fate confirmed
On February 27, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba confirmed that the world's largest aircraft, An-225 'Mriya' had indeed been destroyed. Taking to Twitter, Kuleba affirmed that while Russia may have destroyed 'Mriya', they will never be able to destroy Ukraine's 'dream' of a strong, free and democratic European state.
https://www.republicworld.com/

Photographic evidence from a satellite confirms reports that the An-225 has been destroyed. WIKI

24th February 2022
NEWS
Antonov Design Bureau's chief pilot, Dmitry Antonov, has confirmed via Facebook that the Antonov An-225 - the world's largest cargo aircraft - has not been destroyed.
The world-famous airliner's home base of Kyiv/Hostomel Airport has today been seized by Russian forces which invaded Ukraine this morning, with the six-engined giant being caught up in the assault on the airfield.
Reports on the leviathan's status have been circulating since invasion forces took control of the airport earlier today.

Paul Larson

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Antonov Has Launched a Fundraiser to Restore the An-225 Mriya.
March 24, 2022, Aviation, Russia, Troubled Areas, War in Ukraine.

https://theaviationist.com/2022/03/24/an-225-fundraiser/

In February 2022 a disaster happened, says the letter that we translated using Google Translate (please excuse any inaccuracies). During the aggression against Ukraine the An-225 Mriya plane was destroyed. This loss has stunned the team of Antonov DP, the global aviation community, numerous cargo customers of the largest aircraft. Despite the difficult times, the team of Antonov DP strongly considers it necessary to prevent the complete irreversible loss of the legendary aircraft as one of the symbols of modernity and to begin work on the restoration of the flagship of transport aviation, the An-225 Mriya. For this there are all things structural and scientific and technical documentation, namely the main thing presence, great desire and inspiration of the team of Antonov. Unfortunately, in a difficult time for Ukraine Antonov, there is a lack of funds to carry out this task. We propose to establish the International Fund for the rebuilding of the transport aircraft An-225 Mriya.