Overview

• The FANB is conducting three days of exercises at La Orchila featuring 12 warships, 22 aircraft including Russian-made Sukhoi jets, drones, amphibious vehicles, air-defense systems, about 2,300 personnel and militia-operated boats.
• State media showed amphibious landings and what officials said were launches of C-802 and C-M90 missiles near the area where Venezuela recently reported a U.S. boarding of a fishing vessel.
• President Nicolás Maduro ordered troops to fan out to communities on Saturday to train registered volunteers in weapons handling after low participation in militia mobilizations.
• Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López said the United States is waging a “war not declared” in the Caribbean and alleged executions at sea tied to U.S. actions.
• U.S. authorities report destroying at least three suspected drug boats with roughly 14 dead and have forward-deployed F-35s and naval assets to Puerto Rico, while President Donald Trump says he is not seeking regime change in Venezuela.