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The world's largest cargo aircraft An-225 Mriya, made in Ukraine, on Monday, April 27, delivered medical cargo from China to Germany's Leipzig/Halle Airport.

The flight is part of the "air bridge" effort organized between the Bundeswehr and the Chinese government.

A total of 25 million protective face masks are to be delivered to Germany within the program.

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Earlier, on April 26, the Ukrainian An-124 Ruslan aircraft with a cargo of protective face masks arrived at Leipzig/Halle airport. In total, three flights will be carried out within the framework of the "air bridge."

As UNIAN reported earlier, on April 23, Mriya brought the largest cargo shipment from China to Ukraine: 12 million face masks, 260,000 protective glasses, and 100,000 medical gowns.