Russian Tanks, Ukrainian Cargo Plane Found Among Wreckage At Hostomel Airport
Hostomel airport, which lies north of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, lies in ruins with dozens of destroyed Russian military vehicles littering the tarmac. It was the site of ferocious fighting and changed hands several times as Ukrainian troops battled to retake the airfield from Russian forces.
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Rest easy Mriya. You didn’t deserve to get caught up in this war. The global aviation community misses you.
somehow this made me cry
neither did the scooby doo van but here we are... (0:48 )
You will rebuild that plane again with the help of your friends all over the world. And you will re name it " VICTORY"👍
Phoenix
Glory
I prefer FUCK PUTIN but Victory will do.
Göhte hätte gesagt: Euch zum trotze!
Call it Ukraine. It will symbolise the resurrection of the nation.
As a pilot and a retired air traffic controller who worked the Antonov a couple times, it saddens me to see that beautiful plane ruined like that. War is nothing but senseless destruction and death.
Judging for the pictures that are shown do you think or suspect that the wings can be salvageable and attached to the fuselage that is 70% complete? Most of the engines seemed like they were intact.
@@Glidescube Apparently the wings are the same as the Antonov AN-124's, only with an extra section added at the root, so those shouldn't be too complicated to replace anyway. The engines too are the same as Ukrainian built AN-124s use, only the AN-225 had six rather than four of them.
@@tessjuel it may just take a while to rebuild, money needs to go to rebuilding the country first.
@Sun Moon I doubt even all of Putins wealth is enough
@Sun Moon Maybe Elon Musk has enough money to rebuild Ukraine if he donated it all.
That plane, Antonov 225, landed here in São Paulo, Brazil, not long ago and attracted the attention of the population at the airport. We will miss this masterpiece.
Lies again? RT CP
This was a masterpiece of the Soviet Union, the US puppet failed state of Ukraine cannot build a toy plane.
@@alexlazar4738 yes and now the soviets that tried to take Ukraine and failed are only good for raping, robbing , murdering civilians and last but not least canon fodder. You commenting couldn’t fly a kite, why think Ukraine can’t build a plane😂🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦❤️
@@alexlazar4738 There alot 'masterpieces' from Sovient Union along the plane, did you spot all those vehicles? Looking like the nature course for shitty designs.
@@alexlazar4738 The soviet union couldn't build a shit house, without stealing the plans for it from civilized countries! Let alone an airplane!!
We should help rebuild not only the plane, but all the dreams of Ukraine.
im all for ukraine but what you just said is gay as hell
There’s another one in Kiev. Ready to be put together. This one was supposed to fly out to Germany. Antonov’s chief refused. Next day it was bombed. Now he’s fired
Yeah sure just not with u.s. tax payer dollars.
you can pay for it.
Go for it and have fun! I wont meet you there!
That one plane is responsible for a lot of good in the world. Building infrastructure, humanitarian aid, etc. Sad to see what the Russians are doing.
It was profitable too, $30,000 for an hour of flight transporting cargo! It once carried 4 M1 Abram MBTs from Germany to Iraq, a feat no other plane could accomplish today.
Thats because Putin and his Circus Clowns had cheap shit stuff that is not even worthy of scrap metals 😂🤣😅
I like that gentleman's attitude, "Nothing is impossible"...Glory to Ukraine 💛🇺🇦💙
Nothing is impossible 👍👍👍🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Slava 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻✊✊✊
Some years ago, we rent this beautiful Airline for transporting our citytrain from Germany to australia. It was a great great occurence. Please never forget to Rebuild this great airplane, when time has come. 💙💛❤
i am not sure if this airplane can be rebuilt like before destruction in flyagain. just my 5 cents.
This aircraft was one of its kind, an iconic airplane. Like the Concorde or the Constellation. But now it's gone.
assuming they aren't destroyed they have parts of another, and they can maybe salvage some parts from the destroyed one to help them build a new one.
Этот самолёт создали при Советском Союзе. Если России нужно, она может его воссоздать. Украине этот самолёт не нужен был, никогда не лктал
There's a second partially built airframe that has been waiting for years.
@@lsq7833 they have a 70% complete one in storage, but afaik at the same airport.
not fully, the unbuilt sister planes exist still…maybe they might be finished now
"Nothing is impossible" Let this statement ring out throughout the world
It's impossible to jump 5 km up into the sky and it's also impossible to lift a house over the head with your own arms, so basically there's things that are impossible.
@@restlessactivity8696 Maybe not at this moment, but you never can tell what's gonna happen in the future! So, indeed, nothing is impossible!!!
"Nothing is impossible" is the biggest bullshit statement I heard all day. How about Putin giving birth to Mother Theresa. Is that also possible?
Sad to see the An-225 destroyed, but seeing all that russian junk blown to pieces makes me happy.
hi E V... ' american first made the great big C-5 is a super galaxy... ussr russia did steal copy to an-0224 / an-225... shame on ussr russia
it's funny because the An-225 is a russian (soviet) plane
@@fetusofetuso2122 built in Ukranian SSR.*
@@fetusofetuso2122 Operated by an Ukrainian company (Antonov Airlines) since 2001.
@@WolfgangMahringerAntonov company is in Ukraine because it was moved there in the 50's from Novosibirsk. The An-225 was built in 1988 and is the brain child of a Russian engineer, Viktor Tolmachev. Antonov un-mothballed the plane after the fall of the USSR and operated it since then, they are (were) in partnership with a Russian company called Volga-Dnepr for operating the aircraft.
"We the People" are stronger when united than any dictator. God bless the good people.
Can you honestly say that "we the people" are united anymore? When a survey shows that half the country don't find the USA worth defending? The USA is dead and finished. Most of its citizens have not come to grips with that reality yet.
Yeah Charlin Chaplin. What a good speach.
Yes that showed in Afghanistan, Syria, Vietnam where the great democratic dictator US was booted out!! But in Ukraine it's "I the Great Clown" was more heavy than its people. The Ukrainians are getting a taste of their own recipe for the way they treated their own countrymen in Donbass! They should not be complaining!
@@rupakkumardebbarma you are an uninformed and probably a criminal too if you believe that. More likely you are a Russian spy.
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Finland will be next. Joke. 😀
@@mrbrain3339 We sleep here a gun under bed.
Yes, nothing is impossible...just terribly daunting, at this point. God be with this country & her people in the years ahead.
Many things are literally impossible. What the hell are you talking about? Sending your "hopes and prayers" is actually doing nothing. So, the reason you spout religious bullshit is to make yourself feel better about doing nothing to help!
Wow! The AN-225 is much more damaged than what was shown in photos back in February. There is a second unfinished one that has a complete fuselage. Others have commented that tails and rudders are in storage with it, but otherwise, they and the wings can be salvaged from this damage.
The assembly building in which the second An-225 air frame was stored is less than 200 m opposite to the hanger Mriya was stored in. It too was destroyed by the Russians. Perhaps a week before the invasion Germany had offered Antonov's General Director, Serhiy Bychkov, that they could move Mriya to Germany for safe-keeping. He refused the offer, choosing to have the aircraft's engines serviced (preventing its escape) in the days leading up to the invasion. On the day of the invasion, Serhiy Bychkov fled Ukraine to Germany, abandoning his aircraft. He was fired from Antonov on Mar 29th and is under investigation for negligence.
@@MelioraCogito damn 😓✌🏼🌻
@@mollycuddle9990 It's not true though. The other AN-225 air frame is stored at Sviatoshyn Airfield much nearer to Kviv, as that is where the actual factory is.
@@MelioraCogito I am sorry for giving false information from the news sources I saw, but this giant bird is destined to fly again!
It broke my heart to see what Russia is doing to the Ukrainian people and that beautiful airplane.
Wir bauen es wieder auf .
2x größer
Hypocrite
Your hearth was full of joy when Iraq/Afghanistan 10 million people/civilians/children died.Hypocrites.
@Jette Lundholm US is root cause of Wars since end of WW2! Every single one!Even now this they are involved and pushing Ukraine into oblivion. US making all the mess around the world, in every single war civilians suffer and die the most.Im troll coz i have brain ? Im not blind on all atrocities done by US like all western media and people are, where is their credibility to talk about anything than!?
It takes seconds to brake things that were built for years. Technology, people, skills, families, and their dreams. Sad and tragic.
F. M. Dostoevsky - “A nation that roams Europe and is looking for something to destroy, to simply dust everything. Out of ridicule”
what is so sad is that Russia's first attempt was just their first attempt. They failed, so they withdrew and regrouped, and they will be back again. And Russia will not fail in their second attack. They will blow up everything and kill everyone. It is very sad. These are some of the last images we will see from Ukraine. Twenty years from now a new Russian leader will arise, and he will kick Putin's reputation to the curb, he will apologize for what Putin's Russia did, and he will try to make up with everyone. But he will still keep his thumb on Ukraine.
What nation is he referring to...the 🇺🇸?
@@fairisfairfairisfair9788 Russia. The USA saved Europe twice
@@pamtnman1515 lol
Which two times was that?
These reports are so well produced! Straightforward, clear and very down to earth reporting. No bullshit music, no spectacular and "cool" reporting voice, no excessive dramatisation or story-telling. Just plain journalism. Showing us what is happening. I am very thankful for the Americans financing this journalism and most of all i am thankful to these Ukrainian journalists who make the job on the ground! Thank you! Keep it up! 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
I totally agree, though they are way too short :(
So sad to see Mriya destroyed, she brought medical equipment and PPE all over the world during the COVID 19 Epidemic and helped save countless lives in the process. Heroyyam Slava, Slava Ukraini.
But it wasn't Ukraine who sent the ppe and equipment. It was China.
@@KatariaGujjar It's called teamwork.
@@KatariaGujjar china made the virus and spread it
@@KatariaGujjar Are you that person who complains about EVERY SINGLE THING and never pays attention to the world outside of your EGO? I thought so.
@@KatariaGujjar D'ya know what, you're a fooking genius?
Slava Ukraine. F Putin.
I’m so heartbroken. That plane was a legacy to a different time.
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the US can akways give Ukraine surplus C5 transport air craft!!
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Such a sad situation for this aircraft. Bad timing. It actually flew over me before the oubreak of war on the Lincolnshire coast, going into the North sea. They really must rebuild if they possibly can😢
Quite sad indeed, to see such a beautiful aircraft destroyed. Sadly, there isn't really enough of a need for such a large plane to be rebuilt and make the cost back, but if they will rebuild it, there's an unfinished second aircraft stored somewhere in Ukraine that they will probably use instead.
@@alexandertheok9610 I think there will always be a use for a cargo aircraft of this capacity.Thinking of all the suffering that's happening with the Afghan people, an aircraft like that could have done some amazing humanitarian help to them, with just the basics of life, food clean water. Sadly government's aren't interested in helping humanity with such a machine, it's not profitable to them.
We saw her land in Prestwick. Beautiful plane, RIP Mriya.
@@kennyhill3140 . The taliban would just steal whatever the world sends. The Afghans never seemed to want to help themselves. thats the fatalism of Islam. They didnt stop the Taliban coming back like the Ukrainians are stopping their enemies.
@@standupstraight9691 Yes I suppose it's a valid point.......sad for innocent people isn't it.
R.I.P Mriya ✈ You were beautiful💔 Your destruction was an act of hooliganism by uncultured people. 👹
They always had another one, incomplete. If it got no damage, they can simply finish to build it.
@@RiccardoTheBeAst an airframe sitting in storage for 30 years still needs to be thoroughly checked if it's still viable, if it is it will take allot of effort to build the bespoke components that much of the tooling to make has been lost or using Russia, it will require a massive rework of the aircraft to fit new parts made with new fittings. It would be a franken-plane. If the effort is put in though and the hull is still viable after all this time then may she fly for years to come! o7
@@Reivehn Mriya, as everything built until 1991, was not made by a single nation, but by efforts of all the Soviet Union together. Of course Ukraine never had possibility to finish the second one on their own, because of what you said. Maybe they're going to complete it with UE financial support, but that support never comes for free, so we're gonna see what comes next.
@@Reivehn Antonov AN-225 is basically scaled up model of AN-124, that still has like 10 orders undelivered. Tooling is there. Problem is that those planes use many parts sourced from Russia, and there are no existing production lines for those parts anywhere else in the world. There are now two reasons you might want to rebuild this plane. 1: this plane has a niche market for very heavy loads that can be loaded and unloaded by the plane alone. Here nobody is not completely sure if this market exists, or if this can be filled by existing planes like AN-124. Replacement plane does not need to be perfect copy of the original, it can be better and utilize modern materials, save weight by optimizing design, use more efficient engines, better flight automation and radar systems, etc. It can be look-a-like but it does not need to be. 2: this is getting rebuild for political and cultural reasons. Here cost does not matter. Now, question is if this does need to fly at all. If it doesn't, it can be rebuild as a look-alike to Antonov airport yard and basically be a monument, empty husk. But it serves a purpose to remind of something that once was, and what made it disappear. If it has to fly then it very likely won't use original parts, because they are simply not available. This will cost probably more that making it economically profitable, and it will still consist of many western components. This is not so much of a problem though, because the original plane had lots of modernization done to it already. Problem is the development cost and time and cost of getting this plane certified. Also it means creating new tooling that will cost even more. I'm not saying it can't be done, I'm just questioning if it's economically viable.
@@RiccardoTheBeAst After Mriya had taken the Buran on her back for the last time she stood forgotten for a lot of years and she was robbed of a lot of parts, including the engines. It took a large team of retired but dedicated and skilled Antonov engineers and mechanics to come out of retirement and put her back together, and those guys are long gone by now. So I have a feeling that it (sadly) will be almost impossible to build a Mriya 2.0, even if there's a partial air frame available, and that is if cost is not an issue, building a new AN225 will not be cheap...
This is Putin and his goal for the world. Ukraine just happened to be first on his list.
hahahaha, so now it is Putin the global conquerer!!!!
Please don't add fuel to the fire
@@tam968 Drivel. Putin is the arsonist.
@@cranegantry868 That is what he wants to do correct? He's acting just like Hitler.
@@cranegantry868 Vlad the wannabe invader!🤣
This plane moved tons of medication during the pandemic.
Did it? From where to where? Because nobody other than you knows this.
Such a shame that the world's most recognizable plane was a victim
A plane is still a plane. What about thousands of civilians being murdered? That is a shame to me.
@@ralfherweg7832 undoubtedly I'm just saying it's sad to see something as unique as an225 destroyed. It is the equivalent in my eyes as seeing something like Notre Dame destroyed
Of course the people and all the horrors that they experience are by far the bigger tragedy here, but it does break my heart to see the largest aircraft ever built, a source of such Ukrainian pride, lying there bombed out and destroyed.
I saw that aircraft in Calgary some years ago. It was a very impressive piece of engineering. What a waste. I think the Russians have a lot to answer for.
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Heroyam Slava!
Norhing is imposdible. Ukraina can build the Dream again! And many more beatiful dreams, that can become a reality!
This is the best footage of the war yet. It shows all sides. The destroyed equipment you know men paid the price there. The what must have been a smaller defending force stopping advance men paid the price again. Along with the loss from war and optimizing of rebuild.
Those Russians at the airport were paratroopers & elite Spetznaz soldiers who were supposed to hold it as a bridgehead. The fact that they failed is testimony to the bravery & tenacity of the Ukrainian forces.
What a shame to see a wonderful aircraft that gave such service to the whole WORLD.
🇺🇦🌻💙💛 nothing is impossible ✌
The director of Antonov was offered the relocation of the aircraft prior to the invasion but he refused, he fled the country himself and has since been fired.
#corruption
That's not quite true. It was being repaired and there were plans to fly it to Germany. Employees worked very hard to put the 6th engine back on but did not finish by the time the invasion had started and the airspace was closed.
This is actually the first time that I'm seeing the AN-225 since the war began. It's really sad to see it in this state. What a waste.
I saw that plane come to Perth in western Australia. Beautiful plane. So sad .
Nothing is impossible! Glory to Ukraine !!
There is a second model, never finished. Maybe together with the parts of destroyed one and a big sponsor like airbus or boing it is possible.
We don't know if the second bird is still intact since that factory was bombed by the Russians as well.
don't worry, putin and his oligarchs will pay the bill
Wenn viele fleißigen Hände helfen, ist er wieder neu.....Oder noch größer. Wetten?
@@deannelson9565 on my sources, the hangar from the 2° fuselage + some prototypes, is intact...
A decade ago it was estimated to cost nearly $500 million to complete the second one, and that was when relations were good with Russia, from which parts would have come from. It was primarily made to haul space shuttles, so it was not particularly good at what it was doing, it was just the only plane that could do certain jobs. At roughly 20 flights per year it makes no sense to rebuild it, unfortunately.
Germany offered to store the plane but the offer was refused. Once the aircraft was destroyed, the man who refused the offer fled to Germany. I understand he has lost his job and is under arrest.
The plane couldn't take off. It had blown a few tires on its last landing. It's last mission was flying weapons and gear into Ukraine before the war started. There's another story going around that the plane was having maintenance done to the engines and that's why they couldn't fly it out when the war started. Out of those 2 stories, I find the first more likely, since that was repeated by a bunch of aircraft spotters who were tracking the plane. It doesn't help that the Russian Airborne forces took the airport in the afternoon of day 1, lost it on day 2, but then the Russians retook it on day 3 or 4
Yes nothing is impossible. 👉🇺🇦✌.we stand with Ukraine brave
TRULY THE FIREBIRD! IT WILL FLY AGAIN! SLAVA UKRAINI J.C.
❤️ Slava Ukraina 🇺🇦,..and we all now know what the aggressors are made of,…cowards, murderes, rapists and thieves and we shall NEVER EVER forget ! Respect and love to you all…the brave people of Ukraina 🙏🏻🇩🇰🇺🇸
Does anyone know if the second unfinished airframe is still okay? It was at the Antonov factory site which was also bombed…
There are hundreds of sites around this planet that are perhaps damaged to this degree however the bravery and spirit of the Ukrainian women and men are a separately special measure of conviction with a determination that is without equal. Bravo Ukraine !
The Antonov delivered the biggest mining dump truck engine in history to Perth Western Australia. For FMG. Was an iconic moment to watch it touch down in Australia
“Nothing is impossible.” Sounds like the America of old.
That's what scares me.
@@Quasihamster progress
It’s my understanding, from Operator Starsky, that there are many spare parts to partially rebuild the Antonov, but they will also need foreign aircraft companies to provide some (Edit: parts) to complete the rebuild.
Pets, eh? lol, just kidding.
@@CaleSchmitz I’ll correct it. I really do need to proof read, ESPECIALLY since it’s so easy to fat-finger an iPhone KB
This is a huge heartbreaking story under of course the lost of life, lively hood, nation above all!
Nothing is impossible! Keep your dreams to rebuild. You are right, this is so sad!
Díos bendiga a Ucrania fuerza y valentía
What a paper tiger Russia is.
Is it or is the propaganda that good?
This paper tiger has 6500 nuclear warheads (world's biggest arsenal). I'm not sure someone want check how it will work.
👍 Good Ukrainians Never give Up God bless you Ukrainiane soldiers.
SLAVA UKRAINE 🇺🇦!! UKRAINE FOREVER!! CANADA 🇨🇦 LOVES YOU!!!
Notable in these scenes are what is missing. No doubt many bodies were scattered about due to the intense fighting.
bravo russians. this is your best achievement as a nation. dirt, fire wreckage not to mention killings
I have seen you in Montreal, Canada 2020, now I only see your body, I remember your engines' sound I will never forget you! God bless Ukraine! Rest in peace !
Great attitude, "Nothing is imposable" well said.
We have definitely overestimated Russia's military capabilities.
In this case "we" includes Russia.
Someone should keep reminding you about Afghanistan. Loser.
@@rarecase3666 Also most of the equipment was 1970s. They literally brought down Ukrainian terrorists with expired weaponry.
@@rarecase3666 Maybe, but because of Russia's fear it won't move its forces from where they're currently stationed. That's why Putin is calling in thugs from Syria and Chechnya.
Don't forget about 6500 nuclear weapons. Russia didn't use it yet..
Putin has no clothes
How can we allow this madman to continue this madness? The longer we let him continue the more it’s going to cost the entire world!
Well said..."Nothing is impossible."
Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦 It’s unfortunate that this should happen to Ukraine . . . They will persevere!
Ukraine will win, Slavijas United no more wars
Ukraina nacist teritory,down to hell.
I like RFE reports very much for the content and the honest truth, but they are way too short :( In this particular case, there was no information about the second unfinished An-225 (you can see it for a moment, seems to be intact), I would also like to see the apron with parked planes, which you can also see for a second or two
The pilot of the AN 225 has his own KZhead channel here for years showing his 'dashcam' footage of the travels all over the world. Follow him he gives lots more details.
kzhead.info/sun/qqeGnrdoZGt6gIE/bejne.html here is his channel
No point in making it a target, this war is not over.
Rebuild are the biggest revenge 🇺🇦✌️
MRYIA WILL TAKE TO THE SKIES ONCE AGAIN!!!! 💪💪💪💪💪💪
Im suprised that 'Mriya' was parked at Hostomel within the week leading up to the Invasion. She should have been chartered, leased or flown to safety abroad. Could have been a very valuable cargo asset transporting equipment back into Poland as the war broke out.
Did you not watch the video? The airplane was there for maintenance - it couldn't have flown out. Same for the AN-124-100m-150 in the other hangar.
Video said they were doing work on her and she could not fly at the time
It's quite possible that they used it extensively to cargo in necessary (military and other) supplies in preparation for the invasion though. Maybe she is just one of the heroes who died defending Ukraine as long as she could. Thats just my speculation though.
Aircraft was undergoing maintenance and could not be flown, when invasion started to look likely great efforts were made to get the An-225 airworthy but the last engine was only installed Feb 23rd. On the 24th Russia invaded and Ukraine closed the skies to civilian aircraft. A sad loss because the Mriya nearly made it, one more day and they could have flown to safety.
@@RechargeableLithium Thats according to the 'official statement' not necessarily the true reason. Maintenance on such a large aircraft within the perimeter of the russian primary objective. I don't believe. Even if it was the case you can always perform emergency Maintenance on a vessel with dispensations from the standard safety requirements..
This should be made as a monument of war, and let Russians repair it. As long as it is not repaired, they should give an annual repatriation.
😂😂😂😂
This plane was develop by Russian man Oleg Antonov. And built in USSR. It is not Ukrainian achievement.
Antonov is a beast. a plane that carries other planes and sometimes buildings too
Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦!
Broken stuff almost immediately looks like decay and long gone even if it happend only y-day.
Are you daft? Thats from fires. The one engine that does not have a cover on looks pristine. Airplane grade aluminum does not decay that quickly. xD
Iron that's been in a fire rusts immediately.
@@RocketLR the only Daft one here is you! Stop reading into his statement something that he wasn't saying! all he simply was pointing out how is that it's interesting that when a vehicle burns up it looks ancient even though it only happened a day or two ago. It was an observation of reality not debating the reality of reality!
Nothing is impossible. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦🇿🇦
My heart broke up when I saw visuals of the aircraft. It was very iconic aircraft.
I saw a beautiful video from January this year where the Antonov 225 was landing in light fog, the vortex from her wings made a trail of blue in the sky. Beautiful. She will be missed, such a cool and unique plane.
Also people blaming Ukraine and Antonov for not flying it to safety, but people should blame Russia for invading and causing all this damage, that's the real reason this aircraft is a wreck. Russia gaslighted the whole world when they mocked the people who were predicting an invasion was imminent.
Russia needs to be held accountable and pay restitutions for all the deaths and destruction they caused. Do not lift sanctions until they agree.
What you said was WWII recipe.
Don't necessarily blame Russia, this is specifically Adolf Putin and his mafia. It's important to isolate this pyschopath.
Sad to see the evils destroyed this famous cargo plane that used to ship many many humanatirian aides around the world .Glory to Ukraine!
"Nothing is impossible " ! Stand up and build on tomorrow.
Ukrainian people are very strong I have no doubt they will rebuild the plane and the country better then before. Canada supports Ukrainian people !!!
IT HAD TIME TO FLY AWAY!!! That’s why the antonov chief has been fired!! Germany said move the jet here. It was supposed to go that night, the chief refused to fly it out, it was bombed the next day and now he is fired. Let’s be transparent.
Yes, that was the story we heard from "operator Starsky". There was information from Antonov that confirms that the reason the airplane didn't fly out was because it wasn't flight worthy because of the maintenance happening at the time.
@@RechargeableLithium starsky? That shit was on Twitter and the web over a month ago.
@@chacdogful One can find a lot of "shit" on Twitter and the web. I'm reporting what came straight from Antonov in the early days of the war.
@@RechargeableLithium my inbox says you’ve sent a message. It appears to have been deleted. Replying to what of your message I could see, this was reported through the Antonov company board. I may not have actually seen it on Twitter, I just used it as hyperbole. The fact remains I don’t know what operator starsky or however you spell that. Can’t see it and type comment. You may refer back even to the German governments offer of flying it over…. So there’s all that….
@@chacdogful All of my replies are here in the thread - I didn't send anything direct and nothing here appears to have been deleted or truncated. FWIW. There's a Ukrainian (guard? reserve?) NCO that has a KZhead channel - operator starsky. He echoed yesterday or the day before that Germany offered the AN-225 safe haven and reported someone at Antonov had been fired for not moving the airplane. I didn't take the time to trace it back to source or to see how early that had been reported. I've been spending about 12 hours a day monitoring open source intel feeds on Twitter and other venues, including from Antonov - and the first time I heard anything about the German offer was in the past couple of days from one UA NCO. I have no idea what's accurate - I only know that it appears there are two conflicting stories and it's not possible for both to be true. As I'm not there, I can't confirm any of it at this point.
We should never forget what this regime has done to innocent civilians. I personally will never trust a Russian again.Glory to 🇺🇦
Glad we finally got footage of the wreckage after a month of nothing but a single image.
It pisses me off that the 225 could have been saved if the god damn director of antonov just let this plane fly off to Germany for safe keeping
Shame aboutthe aircraft but nice to see the amount of destroyed russian vehicles and hardware, also 2 of the russian transports mention in the film were shot down on the way to the airport, each with the loss of all crew and 125 russian paratroopers that were on board each one.
Rebuild Ukraine and Russia will pay for it.
That's not going to happen lol
@@cefb8923 Oh but it is. Russia will pay for it's crimes & destruction, either in wealth or in blood.
Could use all the seized assets from the Russian oligarchy. All those yachts and mansions and Swiss bank accounts would pay for a lot of rebuilding.
😂😂😂 how high are you mf?
@Bobb Grimley Legally seized under international law.
That plane was the pride of the world
Let the dream begin. Glory to Ukraine!
02:15 - Now, as Russians run away from their plan A, only a Ukrainian can say the words "nothing is impossible" and you only nod and agree.
Boeng and Airbus said they would Help rebuild.. its Twin in Europe somewhere being built already.
It’s in Kiev.
yes, in Kiev there is a fuselage of the second Mriya
@Bobb Grimley stoned'
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
Slava Ukraini, glory to the heroes!
The engineer of this plane was asked by Germany to fly it out before the invasion, he refused the offer but instead flew himself out to Germany, he has since been sacked
It was the captain of the plane.
They armed Israel to the teeth with both jets and tanks when it got attacked by all the neighboring Arab states after declaring independence, why not give Ukraine the same? Because Russia has nukes? Come on, that can't prevent us from doing the right thing. Victory to Ukraine. 🖤🖤🖤💙💛☮
Arab states were disorganised and did not have nuclear capabilities. Russia on the other hand has at least couple thousands of nukes and an insane dictator at the helm. If nukes weren't a risk, I wager Ruskies would've been driven back to Moscow by now, seeing the performance of their army
@@Rigel_6 Although Russia has nuclear weapons so dose the US, China and many other countries. Major nuclear weapons are just a deterrent and they will not be used. Ukraine has been neutral and peaceful while living next door to Russia. It has dropped it's request to join NATO. So why would nuclear weapons even be considered? Putin will have to accept defeat and step down. Just remember how Muammar Gaddafi and Saddam Hussein ended up. Relax. ☮
Just add the cost to the gigantic amount of money that will be taken from any bank account held by a russian in any country that wants to help rebuild Ukraine. Russia and Russians will pay for this, whether they want it or not.
The only real options for this historical heritage are a) to leave it as it is, as a reminder of the war b) to rebuild it like a kind of mockup to give visitors an idea of how big it was, why not with a small museum inside the plane ? c) to rebuild it completely so it could fly again Throwing it away just to recuperate the metal is really no option.... Slava Historical Heritage !
Better start finding ways to get them funding becuase after the war they're gonna have many many many more important things to rebuild for the people before they concentrate on the planes. If you want to see her fly again make sure to support the Ukrainians as much as you can to ensure they can have the time to repair the nicer, finer things like these
@@TheFreshSpam Ukraine has already demanded that Russia pay out I think 3 billion US dollars to the company that operated the 225.
Bless Ukraine 💪🇺🇦💙💛🌻✨🙏
"Nothing is impossible!" Love it....
What a shame! These giant airplanes need petting !
I got to see the 225 down in Phoenix. It dwarfed everything around it including the terminal.