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The cargo freighter racked up over $300,000 in parking fees at Toronto Pearson Airport.

The plane landed right as Canada banned Russian-owned aircraft from its airspace in response to the Ukraine invasion. Now it's stuck at Toronto Pearson Airport.

Sami, Eron and Eseohe are typical modern young people who, thirsty for knowledge, left their native Nigeria to study at Kharkiv University in Ukraine. Their hard-earned academic prospects and their very lives were ruthlessly endangered when the Russian Federation launched a war on Ukraine.

The largest cargo plane in the world, the Ukraine-made Antonov-225 Mriya (AN-225), has reportedly been destroyed by the Russians after an assault had taken place on Hostomel (or Gostomel) Airport near Kyiv as reported by Ukroboronprom on February 27. The plane named "Mriya," or the "dream" in Ukrainian, has been a source of Ukrainian pride, especially with aviation enthusiasts who marvel at the sheer size and engineering of the plane.

Today in Aviation, the Antonov An-124 Ruslan made its first flight in 1982. It would be unveiled to the West in 1985 at the Paris Air Show.