Overview
- Trump said a U.S. operation destroyed a suspected drug‑loading site in a Venezuelan harbor, describing a large explosion but declining to say whether the military or the CIA carried it out.
- Independent confirmation of the reported Venezuela strike is lacking, with local reports noting an explosion in Zulia and a company denying a U.S. attack; ZDF reports the UN Security Council plans an urgent session on the U.S.–Venezuela situation.
- Russia accused Ukraine of sending about 91 long‑range drones toward a Putin residence in the Valdai area; Kyiv rejected the claim as a pretext for new attacks on government targets in Kyiv.
- Trump said Putin personally informed him and called the alleged strike "not good," while adding it is possible no attack occurred and that U.S. agencies are still checking.
- The latest developments follow a confirmed U.S. Reaper strike in northwest Nigeria that fired 16 GPS‑guided munitions, as well as an ongoing U.S. maritime campaign against suspected narcotrafficking that multiple reports say has left roughly 100 people dead.