"Venezuelan Defence Minister General Vladimir Padrino said on Thursday that at least five F-35 fighter jets had been detected, in what he describes as a threat that US imperialism has dared to bring close to the Venezuelan coast. We're watching them, I want you to know. And I want you to know that this doesn't intimidate us. It doesn't intimidate the people of Venezuela,"
"I denounce before the world the military harassment, the military threat by the US government against the people of Venezuela, who want peace, work and happiness, he said. The presence of the US combat planes was detected by the country's air defences, air traffic control systems at Maiquetia international airport, which serves the capital Caracas, as well as a commercial airliner, Venezuelan authorities said."
Venezuela reported detection of multiple US F-35 fighter jets near its Caribbean coast and characterized the flights as a military threat and provocation. Air defences, Maiquetia international airport air traffic control and a commercial airliner reportedly detected the planes about 75km from Venezuelan shores. Venezuelan authorities noted that such distances would not breach the 12 nautical mile territorial limit but still accused the US of jeopardising civil aviation and flouting international law. Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino rejected intimidation, demanded the US cease what he called thrill-seeking warmongering, and denounced military harassment against Venezuelan citizens who seek peace and work.
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