Antonov Airport

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Antonov Airport (IATA: GML, ICAO: UKKM) (Ukrainian: аеропорт «Антонов» [ɐeroˈpɔrt ɐnˈtɔnou̯]), also known as Hostomel (or Gostomel) Airport (Ukrainian: аеропорт «Гостомель»), is an international cargo airport and testing facility in Ukraine, located near Hostomel, which is a northwestern suburb of Kyiv. The airport is owned by and named after the Antonov aircraft manufacturing company and operated by its subsidiary Antonov Airlines. The destroyed An-225 was based at the airport. During the first two days of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian Airborne Forces (VDV) captured the airport following two air assaults combined with a Russian Ground Forces armored assault. Extensive damage prevented the airport's use as a forward operating base; the single Antonov An-225 Mriya, the world's largest aircraft was destroyed in the battle. Russian forces held the airport for 36 days until their withdrawal from Kyiv Oblast.

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