A US Air Force cargo plane has arrived at an airport on the outskirts of Moscow, flight tracking data shows, sparking speculation about a possible prisoner swap.
The Boeing C-17A Globemaster III, a military transport plane, arrived at Vnukovo International Airport, 17 miles southwest of the centre of the capital, on Tuesday morning.
The plane, with flight number RCH4555, departed the Latvian capital, Riga, just before 7am UK time and landed at Vnukovo slightly more than an hour later, around 10am Moscow time.
The plane departed from Camp Springs in Maryland just outside Washington DC, where Andrews Air Force Base is located, on Sunday evening, landing in Riga early next morning, flight tracking site Flightradar24 showed.
Air Force flight RCH4555 departs Riga, Latvia at 5.50am on 25 August, landing at Vnukovo International Airport, Moscow (Screenshot: Flightradar24) Air Force flight RCH4555 departs Camp Springs in Maryland (presumably from Andrews Air Force Base) – just outside Washington DC – at 2039 UTC 23 August, landing in Riga 0518 24 August Flightradar24 (Screenshot: Flightradar24)President Donald Trump and other top US officials fly from Andrews Air Force Base. However, no reason has yet been given for the cargo plane’s arrival in Russia.
The C-17 Globemaster III is a heavy military transport aircraft designed for transporting troops, military equipment and cargo over long distances. It can carry up to 77,519 kilograms of cargo, including the M1 Abrams main battle tank, armoured vehicles, trucks, helicopters and trailers.
The appearance of the US military aircraft in Moscow sparked speculation about another possible prisoner swap, after a US plane reportedly arrived in Russia as part of a US-Russia prisoner swap in February, when the American teacher Marc Fogel was released.
Robert Gilman, a former US Marine, was released on 11 August. Gilman, 32, was jailed in Russia in 2022 after his arrest for allegedly kicking a police officer, according to Russian state media. He was brought to the same base earlier this month before he was flown home to the US.
Russian media reported that a US military aircraft had landed at Vnukovo airport, but the Kremlin denied having any information about the Globemaster III. The Kremlin press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, said there were no plans to hold meetings with representatives of the US administration this week.
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