 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakati pa1984 na1985, Varennikov akashanda nebasa remauto eSoviet muAngola, ipapo mumarwadzo ehondo yevagari vemo ine ropa. Mukupesana kwakapinza nemutemo wepamutemo wekubvumidza chete vanachipangamazano vemauto eSoviet kuti vashande mumabasa asiri ekurwa, Varennikov akatsigira kubvumidza vanachipangamazano kuti varwe pamwe chete nevabatsiri vavo veAngola kana vakarwiswa. Akanga ari mukuru mukuru weSoviet muAngola panguva yeOperation Askari, uye akakurudzira pachake Mutungamiri weAngolan José Eduardo dos Santos pazvirongwa zvekuzvidzivirira kuti varwise kupinda kweSouth African Defence Force. Munguva Chernobyl Njodzi ya1986, Varennikov ndiye aiva mukuru murongi basa mauto zvikamu ari deployment mauto kunzvimbo njodzi, kubatsira pakudzorera kuedza. 