LONDON — Malta has refused a new Russian request to use its airspace to fly military aircraft from Syria to Venezuela this month, BuzzFeed News has learned.
BuzzFeed: Russia is trying to fly military planes into Venezuela via Syria again
A Russian Ilyushin Il-62M Air Force plane, one of the two Russian military planes that arrived with troops and equipment to Venezuela last weekend, sits on the tamrac at Simon Bolivar International Airport on March 29, 2019 in Maiquetia, Vargas state, northern Venezuela.
