"Trump claims Maduro was captured after "mass" US attacks on Venezuela: Live coverage respective parts of Caracas reported explosions that caused power outages in any areas."

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An detonation in the capital of Venezuela, Caracas, facing rising tensions from the US. © Getty Images

Venezuela was straight attacked by the US, informed officials of this Latin American country after they heard explosions in the capital, Caracas. abroad Minister Yvan Gil accused Washington of seeking control of Venezuela's natural resources.

Many videos have appeared on social media showing major explosions in Caracas, which sparked rumors about US attacks.

One of the recordings shows something that looks like respective American military Chinook helicopters flying over the city.

CSB journalists, citing American officials, reported that president Donald Trump ordered attacks on Venezuelan military facilities. So far, however, there is no authoritative confirmation from Washington.

3 January 2026

09:39 GMT

Venezuela was the victim of "the most criminal military aggression" by the US government, said defence minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez in a message on Instagram.

Earlier media reports claimed Lopez was killed in U.S. raids.

09:31 GMT
U.S. president Donald Trump reported on social media that Venezuela's leader Nicolas Maduro was captured by American forces and taken out of the country.

"The US successfully launched a large-scale attack on Venezuela," Trump wrote in his post on fact Social, promising to uncover further details at a press conference on Saturday.
09:21 GMT
The Moscow Embassy in Venezuela reported that it did not receive any information about Russian citizens killed or injured as a consequence of US attacks on the country. The embassy added that it remained in constant contact with the government in Caracas and the Russians in Venezuela.

09:16 GMT
The national Aviation Administration has banned U.S. aircraft flying in Venezuela's airspace due to "flight safety threats related to ongoing military activities". The agency did not specify which country the army was active with.

09:08 GMT
The U.S. legislature Armed Forces Committee was not notified by the White home of any military action against Venezuela, informed CNN, citing an informed source.

09:03 GMT
An American authoritative informed the “Wall Street Journal” that the White home would issue an authoritative message on the attack on Venezuela after the US Air Force left the country.
09:03 GMT
Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez called the US attack on Venezuela "state terrorism" and demanded an urgent consequence from the global community to this "criminal" act. "Our region of Peace is brutally attacked," he wrote on X.

08:50 GMT
The recording of Caracas captured the detonation at Cuartel de la Montana, the resting place of Hugo Chávez, Venezuelan president from 2002 until his death in 2013.
08:44 GMT
According to Colombia's president Gustavo Petro, the United States attacked the Venezuelan parliament building. He added that at least 11 facilities in the country were attacked.

08:32 GMT
U.S. president Donald Trump held a gathering in Mar-a-Lago on national safety before attacking Venezuela, reports "The fresh York Times".

The White home has not yet confirmed the order to carry out the attacks.

3 January 2026.

08:22 GMT
The U.S. Embassy in Caracas issued a Level 4 informing to American citizens, in which it urges: “Do not travel to Venezuela under any circumstances”.
08:20 GMT
Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro introduced a state of emergency in connection with the US attack, reported in a message by the abroad Minister of this Latin American country, Yvan Gil. "The full country must engage in order to defy this imperialist aggression," he said.

"The intent of this attack is nothing more than to seize Venezuela's strategical resources, especially oil and minerals... This will not work," said Gil.

08:11 GMT
Venezuela condemns the "serious military aggression" against it by the United States, stated the abroad Minister of this Latin American country, Yvan Gil.

American attacks were targeted at civilian and military areas in Caracas and the states of Miranda, Aragua and La Guaira," he said.

These actions violate the United Nations Charter, violate Venezuela's sovereignty, endanger millions of people and endanger stableness in the region," said Gil.