Overview
- U.S. officials say air and helicopter strikes hit key Venezuelan military sites including Fuerte Tiuna and the La Carlota airbase, with additional blasts reported at La Guaira, Maracay and Higuerote.
- The Pentagon describes a months-in-the-making mission dubbed Absolute Resolve that used more than 150 aircraft and is now declared complete with no further strikes planned.
- President Donald Trump says Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were exfiltrated and are aboard a U.S. vessel heading toward New York, while Caracas demands proof of life.
- Venezuela declares a state of exception and alleges strikes near residential areas as authorities collect casualty information, with no verified toll yet.
- International reactions harden as Russia and Iran condemn the operation, Spain offers to mediate, the EU urges restraint, Colombia deploys forces to its border, and France says the action violates international law.