Spotlight | Russia, Venezuela
Moscow sends drone experts from the Rubicon special unit to Caracas

President Nicolas Maduro at Caracas's Fuerte Tiuna military complex, where Russian drone operators from the Rubicon unit train the Venezuelan armed forces.
President Nicolas Maduro at Caracas's Fuerte Tiuna military complex, where Russian drone operators from the Rubicon unit train the Venezuelan armed forces. © Handout Venezuelan Presidency/AFP
Instructors from the elite unit were discreetly flown out to Venezuela in an Il-76 aircraft affiliated with the Russian armed forces. Their mission to train the local army in FPV and wire-guided drones is being closley watched by US and Ukrainian intelligence services. [...]
Reading time 3 minutes Grégory Priolon
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