A copy of the destroyed aircraft will be completed for a billion dollars.
At a state enterprise «Antonov» calculated how much it would cost to complete the construction of the legendary AN-225 «Mriya», which is a copy of the aircraft that the Russian invaders destroyed near Gostomel. According to preliminary data, the construction will cost $1 billion.
This was stated by the press secretary of the State Enterprise «Antonov» Larisa Drozdova on the air of the telethon.
«The calculations were made. Somewhere from 700 million dollars to 1 billion will be needed to complete the construction of that «Mriya», which is », — the press secretary noted.
Recall that one of the largest and most powerful aircraft in the world, the AN-225 «Mriya» was destroyed by the Russian military on February 27. It happened at the airport «Antonov» in the city of Gostomel, not far from Kyiv.
Ukroboronprom reported that the construction of a new aircraft requires at least $3 billion and more than 5 years.