The Russian Mi-17 aircraft group stormed the Ukrainian Kiev Horstromel airport, or will capture alive the world's largest An-225 transport aircraft
As the Russian military operations in Ukraine unfolded, Russia used a large number of missiles to attack Ukrainian airfields, bases, ammunition depots and other military facilities, and the Russian army also launched an attack and advanced towards Ukraine. In one video, the video showed a russian Mi-17 helicopter fleet full of assault troops heading towards Khostomer airport in Kiev with the aim of landing on the airborne assault force.
This airport is very important, because this is the headquarters of Antonov Airlines, The Antonov Design Bureau is the birthplace of the famous transport aircraft, most of the current Russian transport aircraft, not as good as the An-124, An-22, An-12 and An-74 transport aircraft were born here, and the Russian occupation of the Antonov headquarters also has a deep meaning. Some netizens said that the Antonov Design Bureau is about to return to the arms of Russia.
Moreover, this is also the place where the world's largest transport aircraft An-225 stays, speaking of the An-225 transport aircraft, many people have the impression that they have landed many times at Shijiazhuang and Tianjin airports in China, and the most recent time they came to China was to transport anti-epidemic materials in Tianjin, transporting 7 million masks at a time. Many people have witnessed the figure of this classic transport aircraft. The transport aircraft, which currently belongs to Ukraine, is often leased for the transport of large supplies, such as the transport of mainframe equipment, as well as the fuselage and subway. The rental cost of the aircraft also reached $120,000 per hour.
The reason why this transport aircraft is classic is also because it is large, the maximum take-off weight reaches 640 tons, the maximum load capacity can reach 250 tons, and no other transport aircraft currently exceeds the capacity of the An-225. The width of the warehouse reaches 6.7 meters, the length is 44 meters, and the maximum height reaches 4 meters. It can carry dozens of cars, even heavy tanks can transport more than 4 vehicles, and can also accommodate 2,000 people. The maximum range can reach 15,500 kilometers, and the continuous flight of 4,500 kilometers when carrying 200 tons of cargo is still quite amazing. As the largest transport aircraft for mankind at present, this is of very high value.
The An-225 transport aircraft was also once a carrier aircraft of the Soviet space shuttle, due to the large fuselage, it is very complex to build, and it also needs a lot of financial support, and there is currently only this one, which is very precious. Russia used helicopters with assault troops to capture the airfield, in part to preserve this classic transport aircraft. At present, Ukrainian officials have admitted that Khostomer airport has been controlled by Russian troops, and the airport is only 15 kilometers from the city of Kiev. Subsequently, the Russian Il-76 transport aircraft will land to carry the equipment to the airport.
Of course, the Ukrainian defenders still resisted, desperately shooting at the air, and the Russian helicopters in the video also released jamming bombs to avoid the blows of ground anti-aircraft weapons. Some netizens said that there is only one transport plane left, do not damage it in the battle, then the loss will be even greater. However, at present, it seems that as long as the Russian air assault force successfully occupies the Khostomer airfield, this classic transport aircraft can be preserved, as to what the future of this transport aircraft, whether it will return to Russia or Ukraine, as long as it survives the war, it will suffer little loss. #俄乌冲突 #
