Two Russian military aircraft have landed in Venezuela. Spokesman for the Russian Embassy in Caracas, confirmed on Sunday (local time), the Moscow news Agency Sputnik, the arrival of the two machines. The normal processing of ongoing “technical-military” agreements.
According to Venezuelan media, it is a transport plane, Antonov 124 and an Ilyushin 62, the led 99 military and a cargo of 35 tons on Board. The Russian Delegation was under the leadership of the chief of staff of the land forces of Russia, Vasily Tonkoschkurow, told the Venezuelan television channel NTN24.
the head of state, Nicolás Maduro, announced on Wednesday that Russia will send in the following days, “several tons of drugs” to Venezuela.
A common military maneuver pushed the Russian and Venezuelan armed forces in the South American country was in December, on sharp criticism. Especially the installation of two nuclear weapons-capable long-range bombers of the type Tu-160 to Venezuela concern, triggered, among other things, in the organization of American States (OAS).
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