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Back to Turkey the 2 transporters that were stranded in Ukraine due to the war

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The two Turkish Airbus A400Ms had landed at Boryspil International Airport (near Kyiv) shortly after midnight on February 24, when the Russian military’s invasion of Ukraine began.

Two transport aircraft of the Turkish Air Force, which had been stranded in Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion, returned to Turkey today.

The two Turkish Airbus A400Ms had landed at Boryspil International Airport (near Kyiv) shortly after midnight on February 24, when the Russian military’s invasion of Ukraine began.

The Turkish Defense Ministry said the two transport planes had traveled to Kyiv to deliver humanitarian aid and evacuate Turkish civilians, but were stranded when Ukrainian airspace was closed due to hostilities.

This afternoon the two Airbus A400M departed from Ukraine and arrived a few hours later at Caesarea airport in Cappadocia, the Turkish Ministry of Defense announced.

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