CARACAS, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that Venezuela had received 24 Sukhoi-30 aircraft bought from Russia.

    In Sunday's TV and radio talk show "Hello President," Chavez said "we received the Sukhoi aircraft" as well as pilots, crew and missiles, and the aircraft will begin military practice with missiles soon.

    He added that "we're not going to attack anybody, only for defensive purposes."

    Venezuela bought from Moscow the Sukhoi-30 aircraft, the multi-role strike fighters that can perform both air superiority and ground attacks, after the United States refused to provide spare parts of F-16 for Venezuelan Air Force.