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The Ukrainian\u00a0Government has confimed that world\u2019s largest aircraft, the Antonov AN-225 Mriya, has been destroyed by a <\/b>Russian<\/a> attack on an airport near Kyiv.<\/b><\/p>\n

A Ukraine government official Twitter account revealed this on Monday in a tweet which was sighted by Africa Today News, New York.<\/p>\n

Before now, the aircraft known as Mriya, which translates to ‘dream,’ had been sitting in its hangar at a Ukrainian air base in Hostomel.<\/p>\n

The base was the site of intense clashes on Thursday when the Russian military took its control.<\/p>\n

Satellite images from Maxar Technologies show significant damage to part of the hangar in which the AN-225 is stored.<\/p>\n

Read Also: <\/strong>\u2018Russian Invaders Frustrated By Stiff Ukraine Resistance\u2019<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

NASA\u2019s Fire Information for Resource Management System detected multiple fires at the airport, including at the hangar where the plane is stored.<\/p>\n

A fire took place at the hangar where the plane is kept and was detected at 11:13 a.m. on Sunday, according to the NASA data.<\/p>\n

NASA obtained the fire data from a number of NOAA and NASA satellites.<\/p>\n

It is not clear if the fires at the airport are the result of actual fires or explosions from military strikes.<\/p>\n

Russia may have destroyed our \u2018Mriya,’ said Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine\u2019s minister of foreign affairs.<\/p>\n

‘But they will never be able to destroy our dream of a strong, free, and democratic European state.’<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, tens of thousands of Ukrainians have fled their country since last week Thursday\u2019s\u00a0 invasion by Russian<\/a>\u00a0forces, Africa Daily News, New York reports.<\/p>\n

The United Nations\u2019 refugee agency, UNHCR, has said it making frantic efforts to deal with up to four million if the situation worsens.<\/p>\n

The European Union\u2019s crisis management commissioner however believes the figure could reach seven million if hostilities continue without any solutions in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

AFRICA TODAY NEWS, NEW YORK<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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