A Russian Antonov An-124 cargo aircraft has sat idle at Toronto Pearson International Airport for more than three years, but Canada now wants to put the massive plane back in service—for Ukraine.
Kyiv residents looked up in disbelief as an An-124 cargo plane crossed the sky — the first sight of any aircraft over the city since Russia’s full-scale invasion began.
The base in Tver Oblast hosts Il-76 and An-124 military transport aircraft. During the drone assault, Russian air defenses reportedly targeted at least two Russian planes.