Overview
- Multiple explosions were reported across Caracas and other locations, with eyewitnesses citing aircraft overhead, smoke near key sites, and power outages by a southern military base.
- President Trump and some U.S. officials assert that Nicolás Maduro and his wife were seized and taken out of the country, a claim Venezuelan authorities dispute and which remains unverified by independent sources.
- Venezuela’s government declared a state of emergency, said both civilian and military areas were hit, and opened probes into possible deaths and injuries, according to the defense minister and other officials.
- Russia denounced the action as armed aggression and said its embassy in Caracas was unharmed, while Venezuelan officials requested an emergency UN Security Council session.
- Residents in the capital told reporters they received no civil alert warnings during the strikes, underscoring gaps in on-the-ground readiness as international responses and fact-finding continue.