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Too bad it couldn't been moved before the war. From an aviation perspective a sad loss, but it pales compared to all the human tragedy happening right now. Most of all, saving and restoring Ukraine as a country should be the focus and who knows, there might be some push to rebuild it as a symbol, perhaps upgraded with modern technology. May be even a bit larger with some mordern engines :)

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There's another uncompleted airframe and if I recall correctly Turkey did show some inclination to finish it with Ukraine, so maybe after the war ends

The shelling of Ukrainian cities with missiles started right after Putin finished his speech at about 5:00 am local. Starting and ramping up the engines of Mriya might take time plus pilots are also likely living some distance away, plus fueling, plus flight plan, et al. Well... noone could imagine that a civil plane will be the explicit target.. and noone expected such a turn of history and all the non-millitary directed violance and destruction of civil building and infrastructure done by Russian army.

I read it was parked for maintenance and couldn’t be flown out in time. Really sad.

Even if they could I think symbolically they might have chosen not to get it out of the country.

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