Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro asked Russia this month to overhaul the country's defensive radars, repair military aircraft, and potentially supply missiles, according to internal U.S. government documents obtained by The Washington Post.
The outreach comes amid escalating tensions, including U.S. strikes on alleged drug-trafficking vessels off Venezuela's coast and elsewhere in the region.
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