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Zelensky Wants To Build Second An-225
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky says he wants to see a partially built An-225 finished to replace the one destroyed in fighting in Hostomel early in the war with Russia. It will cost about $800 million to finish the second aircraft, which has been stored in good condition since getting to about 70 percent complete in 1994. In a speech to students, Zelensky suggested the country can’t afford to not build the aircraft. “But in this case, it’s not a matter of money, it’s a matter of ambition,”… (www.avweb.com) Mehr...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I respect and would defend the views of those who wish to see that yet to be completed An-225 proudly flying in Ukraine livery but on a strict basis of the economies of scale I would bet my latest Charvet shirt off my back that Santa Claus will not be leaving all that cash in President Zelensky's stocking next Christmas to further his ambition.
Let’s hope that they can finish the second one. In my function as employee for the Swiss gouverment I had the chance to visit the first one at zurich airport.
What most people don't realize is it wasn't Russia that destroyed the AN225 - it was Ukraine! In the early days of the war Russian forces took control of the Antonov airport. Ukraine shelled the airport to repel the Russian troops and in the process bombed the hangar the AN225 was in.
The AN-225 was the pride of the Soviet Union. Putin would never deliberately destroy such an iconic. You can blame Zelensky and the neo-Bolsheviks Victoria Nuland and Antony Blinkin who prodded him into war with Russia.
The AN-225 was the pride of the Soviet Union. Putin would never deliberately destroy such an iconic. You can blame Zelensky and the neo-Bolsheviks Victoria Nuland and Antony Blinkin who prodded him into war with Russia.
those bullet holes are not from artillery shells. there is actual footage from the combat on & around the field - which clearly shows commie soldiers firing indiscriminately in all directions, and using RPGs, grenade launchers, tanks and mobile rocket platforms wrecking the place. After it was obvious that it had been overrun and destroyed - yes, ukraine used artillery to push them back out.
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Blame Faux News. They feed them their daily fix of BS & lies. They live in fear of everyone coming to get them every day, can you imagine.
language Please! Young eyes view these posts as well.
riiiight... because that is what the soviet state has time, money or interest in doing.... sending keyboard warriors to "troll" an aviation discussion forum.
do you even listen to or read your words as you speak or write them?
or are you just in that camp of anyone whose opinion doesn't align with yours is a troll or foreign agent?
smmfh... lol
do you even listen to or read your words as you speak or write them?
or are you just in that camp of anyone whose opinion doesn't align with yours is a troll or foreign agent?
smmfh... lol