On October 26, 2025 local time, a Russian Il-76TD transport aircraft belonging to Russia's Avikorn Chittotran Airlines arrived in Venezuela. The Russian Il-76TD transport aircraft took off from Russia on October 22, flew to Armenia, Algeria, Morocco, Senegal and Mauritania, and finally arrived in Venezuela. This Russian Il-76TD transport aircraft belongs to the Russian Wagner Mercenary Group. Because it is the Russian combat force and the personnel responsible for the Wagner Mercenary Company, the Russian Wagner Mercenary Group and the Russian Avikorn Zitotran Airlines are all sanctioned by the United States. The Russian Il-76TD transport aircraft appeared in Venezuela with registration number RA-78765. It was mentioned in the U.S. Treasury Department sanctions report and involved transporting weapons to Venezuela and Africa.
According to the Russian side, after the signing of the strategic partnership between Russia and Venezuela, Russia is providing military equipment to Venezuela, while tensions between the United States and Venezuela are escalating. Russia believes that Venezuela is transporting unlikely goods: chocolate, peanuts, beer, possible goods: drones, anti-tank missiles, rockets, mines, radio equipment, electronic warfare/interference, portable air defense missiles, sniper rifles, night viewers, satellite phones.
However, this Russian Ir-76TD transport aircraft, which is not subordinated to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Russian military, and unlike several previous Ir-76 transport aircraft arrived in Venezuela, this Russian Ir-76TD transport aircraft belongs to the Russian Wagner mercenary forces, more likely the Russian Wagner mercenary forces, day and night, emergency arrival in Venezuela, to help the Venezuelan army, at any time to cope with the U.S. army's headquarters and raids, against the U.S. special forces.
This is not the first time Russia has sent troops to Venezuela. As early as 2019, when the US military threatened to invade Venezuela, the Russian military mobilized multiple transport planes and passenger planes to fly to Venezuela. A large number of Russian officers and soldiers arrived in Venezuela, successfully preventing the US military's invasion plan. The Wagner mercenary troops sent troops this time must have been under the instructions of Russian President Vladimir Putin. They demonstrated the rapid response combat capabilities of the Russian Wagner mercenaries. They can transport elite mercenaries day and night from Russia to the African theater to the capital of Venezuela. These Wagner mercenary troops will defend Venezuela's important strategic goals and prevent U.S. special forces from launching raids and beheading Maduro.
“Lindsay Graham talks excitedly about the U.S. military land strike on Venezuela and Colombia,” local time on October 26, 2025, the Republican senator of South Carolina said: “I think it’s possible,” “I think U.S. President Trump has decided that Venezuela’s President Maduro, it’s time for him to leave.” “Venezuela and Colombia have long been a haven of refuge for armed militants,” Lindsay Graham said, “Trump has told him that he plans to brief the U.S. Congress,” about future potential military operations on Venezuela and Colombia. So the U.S. Congress will briefly report on an U.S. military expansion from sea to land. I support this idea.”
Venezuelan Defense Minister Padrino Lopez said CIA agents of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency are currently active in Venezuela. Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said: “Venezuela accuses Trinidad and Tobago of coordinating military provocations with the CIA to try to provoke war in the Caribbean.”
It can be predicted that with the arrival of a large number of Russian Wagner mercenaries, the U.S. wants to destroy, subvert, create riots in Venezuela, will be completely bankrupt, and the Venezuelan army, with the Russian army, Wagner mercenary support, the U.S. wants to make violence in Venezuela, is completely empty. And with the support of the great powers, the Venezuelan people, the Venezuelan army, will definitely continue to support Maduro. The Russian President Putin will put the U.S. directly to the back of the attempt to make a war in Latin America! But in the face of Putin's strong departure, the U.S. made Venezuela day plan, will definitely be defeated, the rapid reaction to the storm, is the fighting of the nation's harsh