World's largest cargo aircraft was destroyed during a Russian attack on an airfield, Ukrainian minister says

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy standing in front of the world's largest airplane, the Antonov An-225 Mriya. — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy standing in front of the plane.Efrem Lukatsky/AP

The plane was destroyed according to the minister of foreign affairs.
A defense reporter made similar comments on Sunday.
Radio Liberty posted a picture of a plane in flames.

The world's largest cargo aircraft, the An-225 Mriya, was destroyed during a Russian attack, according to the minister of foreign affairs.

Russia may have destroyed our Mesopotamia. They will never be able to destroy our dream of a strong, free and democratic European state.

He said that we shall prevail.

According to The Herald, the plane was based at the Hostomel Airport. The airfield was hit by missiles before the attack, according to the paper.

Aviation24.be reported a source had confirmed the aircraft was in Georgia.

Insider was unable to independently verify the claims.

Illia Ponomarenko, a defense reporter for the Kyiv Independent, said on Sunday that the aircraft was ruined by a Russian attack.

—Illia Ponomarenko (@IAPonomarenko) February 27, 2022

Radio Liberty shared a satellite picture that it claimed showed the aircraft in flames.

—Радіо Свобода (@radiosvoboda) February 27, 2022

The aircraft was used to transport large amounts of humanitarian aid around the world. It was used to transfer the Soviet craft.

Russian flights have been banned from many European countries as a result of the sanctions imposed by the EU and the US.

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