Two Venezuelan warplanes fly over US Navy ship — Pentagon

Two Venezuelan warplanes flew close to a US Navy ship in international waters, the US Department of Defense said, Report informs via TASS.

"Today, two [Venezuelan President Nicolas] Maduro regime military aircraft flew near a US Navy vessel in international waters. This highly provocative move was designed to interfere with our counter narco-terror operations," the department said in a statement.

"The cartel running Venezuela is strongly advised not to pursue any further effort to obstruct, deter or interfere with counter-narcotics and counter-terror operations carried out by the US military," the statement reads.