Il-76TD belonged to a related Wagner Group and closely cooperating with the Russian state company Aviakon Tsitotrans. The device departed from Russia on 20 October, and landed in the capital of Venezuela on 26 of that month, after landing in North Africa. 2 days later, she made a flight to Cuban Havana and then to Nicaragua's capital, Managua. On October 29, the plane arrived again in Caracas and the following day began a return flight to Moscow. Aleksei Żrawlev for
Gazeta.ru in turn took place on 1 November. He said that Venezuelan air defence was reinforced with "Pancyr-S1 and Buk-M2E systems". In his view, these systems were to be ‘last time’ on board Il-76 aircraft.
