PDB Afternoon Bulletin | November 6th, 2025: Moscow Mulls Hypersonic Missiles For Maduro & Ukraine's Drone Blitz On Russian Energy
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It's Thursday, November 6th. Welcome to the PDB Afternoon Bulletin. I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get briefed. First up, the deputy chairman of Russia's Parliamentary Defense Committee claimed this week that the Kremlin has sent advanced air defense systems to the Nicolas Maduro regime in Venezuela, while floating the possibility of also sending cruise and hypersonic missiles to Venezuela. Someone should maybe give Putin a quick briefing on the history of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Later in the show, Ukraine's intensifying drone campaign against Russian energy continues. Kyiv says Ukrainian drones struck a major oil refinery in Russia's Volgograd region for the second time in almost three months, while a separate strike hit a major power plant deep in Russia's northeast.
I'll have those details. But first, today's afternoon spotlight. Moscow may be officially entering the fray in Venezuela with a move that could seriously ratchet up tensions with the U.S. Earlier this week, Alexei Zurovlev, the deputy chairman of Russia's parliamentary defense committee, said in an interview that, quote, the Americans may be in for some surprises when it comes to the Trump administration's escalating military standoff with Venezuela. He claimed that Moscow has recently provided the Maduro regime with advanced air defense systems and that the Kremlin hasn't ruled out sending crews and even hypersonic missiles to Caracas. That's according to a report from The Telegraph. Now, before we go any further, I should stress that at this time, we can't independently confirm the deputy chairman's claims, but they come after a rattled Nicolas Maduro reportedly reached out to Moscow, as well as to China and Iran, pleading for military aid amid America's military buildup in the Caribbean.
As we've been tracking on the PDB, just last week, it was reported that a military cargo plane connected to the Russian mercenary Wagner Group landed in Caracas, potentially carrying assistance. While the cargo was unknown, Zurovlev appears to have spilled the beans, saying, quote, Russian Pantsir S1 and also BUK M2E systems were just recently delivered to Caracas by Russian transport aircraft. Now, for context, The systems he's referring to are long-range surface-to-air defenses. The alleged deployment of these systems comes just weeks after the U.S. dispatched the USS Gerald Ford carrier strike group to the region. That's the centerpiece of Washington's expanding counter-narcotics campaign against Venezuela's Cartel of the Suns, which is a network that the Trump administration describes as a state-run narco-terrorist organization.
But Zhuravlyov then spoke on a far more alarming possibility, saying Moscow may arm Maduro with advanced hypersonic ballistic missiles like the Ereshnik, which the Kremlin claims is impossible to intercept. He also floated supplying the regime with cruise missiles. Either class of missiles would pose a serious threat to U.S. aircraft and naval assets now patrolling the Caribbean off Venezuela's coast. Zurovlev said, quote, He added, End quote. It's worth remembering that the Oreshnik, which was first used by Russia in November of 2024 to strike the Ukrainian city of the Dnipro, can reportedly travel at more than 10 times the speed of sound, carrying either a conventional or nuclear payload. Russian officials boast that it could strike any target across Europe.
in under an hour. As I mentioned, Maduro reportedly reached out to Putin personally in recent weeks, asking for military assistance as the U.S. tightens its presence offshore. According to the Washington Post, Maduro's requests included repairs to his country's aging Russian-made Su-30 fighter fleet and up to 14 new missile batteries.
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