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And it's currently right in the middle of a war zone, status unconfirmed. The airfield was taken by Russian paratroopers, then Ukrainian forces took it back an

• GekkePrutser 5y ago
  I wonder why the Ukrainians didn't fly it out while they had control :'(
  • mkr-hn 5y ago
    That would be an awful waste of jet fuel in a country dealing with an invasion. It's an important symbol, but so are a bunch of topped off fighters and more practical transports.
  • PedroBatista 5y ago
    Of the top of my head: They don’t have complete control of the area let alone airspace You just don’t turn the key and fly off a plane, especially a plane like this. Very few people can fly this plane. The runway is damaged. There’s no military value to invest a minute thinking about it. I know there are many sad pandas going around the internets, but when your country is being invaded and people are dying in droves, it’s comical thinking about one plane.
    • justsomehnguy 5y ago
      > They don’t have complete control of the area let alone airspace They well enough time to do it before losing the control > You just don’t turn the key and fly off a plane, especially a plane like this. It's just a matter of crew, destination and some money for expenses. Obviously Antonow C-level preferred not to do anything proactive for their main milk cow, just like they did it all these years. > Very few people can fly this plane. > The runway is damaged. See #1
      • PedroBatista 5y ago
        Again, nobody cares. This is not the moment for such a mundane issue. Before 24th Feb we can all stay here discussing everything under the Sun, not now.