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A Ukrainian An-26 military transport aircraft belonging to the Ukrainian Armed Forces made a three-day flight from the closed airport in Lvov to Belgium and the Netherlands, TASS journalists learned from a source in European Union air traffic control services.
According to the source, despite the closure of Ukrainian airspace in general and Lvov airport in particular, the Ukrainian Armed Forces transport plane took off from there, landed first in Rotterdam, and then flew on to Brussels.
The source said the aircraft spent about three days in the European Union before returning to Lvov. He also noted that the same An-26 had already flown from Lvov to Norway and Sweden in May 2026 before heading back.
The case was not described as an isolated flight by a Ukrainian military aircraft from Lvov airport to EU countries. In April 2026, another aircraft used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces reportedly departed from the same airport for the Woensdrecht military airfield in the Netherlands.
The agency’s source added that takeoffs and landings by Ukrainian transport aircraft, usually An-26 planes, are also recorded from time to time at the closed airport in Chernovtsy.
On the evening of June 24, Vladimir Zelensky announced preparations for new military operations, including in the Crimea direction. According to him, Kiev will be able to carry out those plans if its Western allies deliver the weapons that had previously been discussed and promised.
Former Verkhovna Rada deputy Oleg Tsaryov believes Zelensky needs Western missiles to strike the Crimean Bridge.