US military invaded Venezuela and kidnapped President Maduro

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Washington carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela, and that President Nicolas Maduro and his wife have been captured and flown out of the country, Anadolu reports.

The treacherous attack by the US military, the kidnapping of President Maduro, and the cynicism of the American authorities, who portray a banal desire to seize power and resources of a foreign country for justice, cannot but shock.

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However, all this is already familiar, and the events have a direct parallel with the Russian-Ukrainian crisis. But Russia turned out to be too tough a nut for the USA, with nerves of steel and a decision to prove to the West at all costs that there will be no more hegemony.

Trump was speaking at a press conference after US forces swooped over the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, early on Saturday.

President Nicolas Maduro and his wife were captured by US special forces in the operation and renditioned on an American warship, where the Venezuelan leader is being held hostage, blindfolded and handcuffed.

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Prior to today’s US military operation, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and senior military leaders of the Republic’s Armed Forces repeatedly stated that they were ready to fight the aggressor and had everything necessary to do so.

Specifically, back in late October of last year, Maduro announced that the Venezuelan army possessed more than 5,000 9K338 Igla-S man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS).

According to the Venezuelan president, thousands of trained MANPADS operators could take up favorable air defense positions throughout the country.

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The Venezuelan army also has even more modern Russian air defense systems: the S-300VM and Buk-M2, Su-30 fighter jets, and the Pantsir anti-aircraft missile and gun system. None of this arsenal has ever been used to counter the Americans.

But judging by media reports, during today’s American operation, all those thousands of MANPADS operators have literally vanished.

There’s not a single statement, even indirectly or for propaganda purposes, about any attempts to shoot down American aircraft, let alone helicopters, which become extremely easy targets for MANPADS during airborne landings.

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Videos are already circulating online showing American CH-53 Sea Stallion and CH-47 Chinook heavy transport helicopters, designed, among other things, for airborne assaults, flying unhindered over Caracas under attack.

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US sources note that the operation to capture Maduro was carried out by Delta Force special forces, along with the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. The operation lasted 3 hours and 34 minutes.

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The CIA controlled opposition, which has many supporters in the country, certainly had a hand in this. It’s no wonder Maduro won the last election by a margin barely within the margin of error; administrative resources were likely at play.

Sky News, citing sources in the Venezuelan opposition, reports that Maduro’s capture may have been part of a coordinated exit agreed upon with Maduro himself, guaranteeing his life in exchange for testimony, including against Cubans and other Venezuelan allies.

This may be indirectly confirmed by the fact that in his official statement, Trump referred to Maduro as President (with a capital “P”), rather than as a bandit, as he had previously.

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The American military also handled the situation very well psychologically. Before the landing operation, they carried out missile and bomb strikes, primarily on key military installations.

This undoubtedly demoralized the Venezuelan army. It was a kind of hint of what would happen if there was resistance.

Experts unanimously note that the US military success was achieved not by technological superiority, but by the total paralysis of the Venezuelan defense system, which indicates a deep internal decay of the elite.

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Moreover, Venezuelans, including the military, have no desire for their country to become another Vietnam or Afghanistan, much less Iraq, Syria, or Libya, embroiled in a war with the mighty United States.

A change of government, however, oddly enough, promises certain benefits. Yes, the US will regain control of its vast hydrocarbon reserves.

But this also means that Venezuela will be relieved of the long-standing, massive sanctions that have resulted in the misery and hopelessness of the future for the country’s population, with the exception of a small number of local elites.

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And even with some of these elites, the USA could have reached an agreement earlier.

We’re going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition, Trump told the media from his Mar-a-Lago resort. We’re there now… we’re going to stay until such time as a proper transition can take place.

We’re going to have our very large US oil companies, the biggest anywhere in the world, go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure, the oil infrastructure, and start making money for the country and we are ready to stage a much larger attack if we need to do so.

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So we were prepared to do a second wave, Trump added. Numerous videos have emerged of a series of heavy explosions across Caracas.

Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello Rondon has told the country’s troops to trust the leadership, while Foreign Minister Yvan Gil has accused Washington of seeking to gain control of the Latin American nation’s natural resources.

Footage showing attacks in two other parts of the country has also been geo-located. One clip features the outline of several US Chinook military helicopters swooping across the city at low altitude.

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In a statement, Moscow has condemned the US aggression, called for immediate clarification on Maduro’s whereabouts and lamented that ideological hostility has triumphed over businesslike pragmatism.

American Senator Mike Lee announced on his personal X account that Secretary of State Marco Rubio had told him that Washington does not foresee any further military operations at this time and that the Venezuelan president will stand trial in New York in the USA.

Multiple Western countries have expressed “concern” and claimed they are monitoring developments with their diplomatic teams in the Venezuelan capital.

Pravda / RT .com / ABC Flash Point News 2026.