A second model of the Antonov AN-225 Mriya cargo plane at Antonov aircraft plant in Kiev, September 7, 2016. Antonov claims the plane is 60–70 percent complete.

The sheared nose cone of the Antonov An-225 cargo plane towers over pilot Yevhen Bashynsky. Ukraine says it will rebuild the giant aircraft after it was destroyed as Russia’s full-scale invasion ...

The six-engine Antonov AN-225 had a wingspan of 290 feet, longer than the Statue of Liberty is tall, and a length of 275 feet. It weighed 285 tonnes when empty, making it the world's largest cargo ...

Big plane, big price tag: Gennadiy Silchenko, Antonov's AN-225 program director, says the plane requires investment of $250 million to $350 million to be completed. He says it's 70% finished.

Now, Antonov is planning on resuming to build the second An-225 that was stored since 1994, when it was decided to stop its construction following the fall of the Soviet Union.

An Antonov An-225 Mriya. GLEB GARANICH/Reuters The oversized plane was first commissioned by the Soviet Union to transport the communist state's newest spacecraft, the Buran Space Shuttle.