Summary and Key Points: In the early days of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Antonov An-225 Mriya, the ...

Brought into existence by the Antonov Design Bureau, the An-225 Mriya (Ukrainian: dream/sleep) was a singular marvel, designed based on the An-124 Ruslan, under the purview of the Buran program.

The An-124 is the little brother of the even-more-gigantic Antonov An-225 Mriya, which was built in the 1960s and had six jet engines, but was destroyed in 2022 when Russia attacked Ukraine.

In this period, Antonov plans to sell 20 ... passenger and special-purpose planes, including An-32, An-148, An-158, An-74, An-124, An-70, An-225, and the future An-178. In March 2017, the An ...