US military transport plane lands in Moscow, Kremlin says it has no information yet
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US special envoys Steven Witkoff (centre) and Jared Kushner (right) with US Vice-President J.D. Vance. The last direct flight of a US registered jet to Russia from Europe took place in January 2026, carrying the two envoys.
PHOTO: REUTERS
- A US military Boeing Globemaster transport plane landed at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport after flying direct from Riga, Latvia.
- The Kremlin stated it has no information about the plane’s purpose or whether it carried cargo or passengers.
- The last US direct flight to Russia from Europe was in January, linked to peace talks on Ukraine involving envoys Witkoff and Kushner.
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MOSCOW - A US military transport plane landed at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport on Tuesday, data from the flight tracking service Flightradar24 showed.
The large Boeing Globemaster with the US registered tail number 07-7181 had flown direct from Riga, in Latvia, and landed in Moscow at around 0700 GMT.
Reuters was unable to verify whether it carried any cargo or passengers.
The Kremlin said it had no information on the plane.
The aircraft had arrived in Riga on Aug 23 from the US Camp Springs airbase near Washington DC, data from Flightradar24 showed.
The last direct flight of a US registered jet to Russia from Europe took place in January this year, carrying special envoys Steven Witkoff and Jared Kushner for peace talks with Vladimir Putin on Ukraine.
The Kremlin said last week that there was no information yet on another visit to Moscow by Kushner and Witkoff, as talks between the US and Russia on Ukraine have largely stalled amid the war in Iran. REUTERS
A US military transport plane approaching Moscow on Aug 25, in a screengrab from a social media video.
PHOTO: REUTERS
