An-225 Mriya aircraft. Archival photo. Archival photoMOSCOW, May 28. The Ukrainian state-owned enterprise Antonov denied the data on the disposal of the wreckage of the world's largest transport aircraft An-225 Mriya, which had previously been distributed by local media. On February 27, the Ukroboronexport State Concern reported that the An-225 «Mriya» was destroyed at the airfield in Gostomel near Kyiv. Later, the official representative of the Antonov State Enterprise, Larisa Drozdova, said that the completion of the Mriya would require from 700 million to 1 billion dollars. «Mriyas» are taken away from the airport with the help of military equipment. There has been no official confirmation that the wreckage will be sent for recycling. «False information is widely spread on the Internet about the» removal of the An-225 «Mriya» aircraft units from the Kyiv-Antonov-2 airport for the purpose of their further disposal.» .. The video, which served as the basis for the dissemination of this false information, was filmed in a «pirated» way and distributed without the consent of the Antonov State Enterprise and the relevant government agencies,» the state enterprise said on Facebook*. An-225 «Mriya» — the largest cargo aircraft in history with a record carrying capacity of up to 253.8 tons. It was created for the needs of the space program.* The activity of Meta (social networks Facebook and Instagram) is banned in Russia as extremist. , said the ex-captain of the aircraft
