“The legend of the skies did not survive the Russian onslaught on Kyiv. It was ruined in the earliest days of the all-out war at its home airfield of Hostomel, which became a hot battlefield as Russians sought to seize it.” https://
kyivindependent.com/national/chief
-pilot-of-destroyed-an-225-we-must-complete-the-second-mriya
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