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Published landing footage “white swans” in Venezuela

There are video footage of the landing of Russian strategic bombers Tu-160 “White Swan” in Venezuela. The landing of aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces took place at the runway of the international airport of Maiketia named after Simon Bolivar. Recall, that on the eve of the information and analytical portal "Voennoye Obozreniye" reported on statements by Pentagon officials, expressing "concern about the decision of Moscow".

It is worth recalling, that strategic bombers have previously made visits to Venezuela. For example, it happened in 2013 year.

The representative of the Russian Aerospace Forces noted, that such flights are of interest in that regard, that flights are carried out in a non-stop variant - over long distances.

from the statement:
Such flights can be made over the territory of our country.. But in this case, almost the entire flight took place over the sea and ocean waters with the intersection of different latitudes.. Therefore, this allows us to provide additional training to our flight crew..
In addition to the Tu-160, other aircraft from the Russian Federation arrived in Venezuela the day before.: long-haul Il-62 and heavy transport aircraft An-124 “Ruslan”.

The planes at the Simon Bolivar airport were met by the Minister of Defense of Venezuela and members of the Russian Embassy in Caracas.

Recall, that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro paid a visit to Moscow a few days ago. According to him, official Caracas has information about, that the United States is preparing an anti-constitutional coup in Venezuela. In particular, we are talking about the intensification of the transfer of American weapons to the north of Brazil.

At the Pentagon in the meantime “concerned about” not only the transfer of Tu-160 to Venezuela, but also the contents of the An-124 “Ruslan” VKS RF, delivered to Caracas.

                          
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