t Chief of the General Staff of the Ground Forces Col.-Gen. Vasily Tonkoshkurov also arrived with Russian troops Caracas

1. Photos of the 2 RuAF airplanes that landed in Caracas today. An IL-62 and an AN-124 #Venezuela #Russia

   

   
   

   

   

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CARACAS – The Russian Defense Ministry has sent An-124 military transport aircraft, IL-62M jet airliner and more than 100 troops to Caracas, against the backdrop of growing tensions between Venezuela and the United States.

Citing its sources, the Defence Blog reported that Chief of the General Staff of the Ground Forces Col. Gen. Vasily Tonkoshkurov also arrived with the Russian troops.  https://santiagotimes.cl/2019/03/24/russia-sends-more-than-100-troops-to-venezuela/
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CNW‏ @ConflictsW  7h7 hours ago 

RuAF IL-62 is still parked at Caracas airport, the An-124 took off a few hours ago #Venezuela #Russia

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 An airplane with the Russian flag is seen at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Caracas, Venezuela March 24, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso

A flight-tracking website showed that two planes left from a Russian military airport bound for Caracas on Friday, and another flight-tracking site showed that one plane left Caracas on Sunday. That comes three months after the two nations held military exercises on Venezuelan soil that President Nicolas Maduro called a sign of strengthening relations, but which Washington criticized as Russian encroachment in the region.   Reporter Javier Mayorca wrote on Twitter on Saturday that the first plane carried Vasily Tonkoshkurov, chief of staff of the ground forces, adding the second was a cargo plane carrying 35 tonnes of material.  https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics/russian-air-force-planes-land-in-venezuela-carrying-troops-report-idUSKCN1R50NB
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