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Two Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers arrive to Venezuela

Two Russian strategic bombers, a heavy military transport plane and an Ilyushin Il-62 plane arrived in Venezuela
Tu-160 strategic bomber Mikhail Tereshchenko/TASS
Tu-160 strategic bomber
© Mikhail Tereshchenko/TASS

MOSCOW, December 10. /TASS/. Two Russian Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bombers, an Antonov An-124 Ruslan heavy military transport plane and an Ilyushin Il-62 plane arrived in Venezuela, the Russian defense ministry said on Monday.

"Two Tu-160 strategic bombers, an An-124 heavy military transport plane and an Il-62 long-haul plane of the Russian aerospace forces that took off from aerodromes in Russia have landed at the Maiquet·a "Sim·n Bol·var" International Airport of the Venezuelan capital city," the ministry said.