{"id":46575,"date":"2026-01-03T12:35:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T12:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=46575"},"modified":"2026-01-03T12:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T12:35:11","slug":"russia-calls-for-urgent-clarity-about-maduros-reported-capture-as-venezuela-appeals-to-un","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/01\/03\/russia-calls-for-urgent-clarity-about-maduros-reported-capture-as-venezuela-appeals-to-un\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia calls for urgent clarity about Maduro&#8217;s reported capture, as Venezuela appeals to UN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><h2>Colombian President Gustavo Petro has also ordered the deployment of military forces to the Venezuelan border.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Russia on Saturday demanded \u201cimmediate\u201d clarification about the circumstances of the reported US abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro during an attack ordered by President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are extremely alarmed by reports that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife were forcibly removed from the country as a result of today\u2019s US aggression. We call for an immediate clarification of the situation,\u201d the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Venezuela has meanwhile demanded an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss the US attacks on the country, amid the uncertainty over the whereabouts of Maduro.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFaced with the criminal aggression committed by the US government against our homeland, we have requested an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council, which is responsible for upholding international law,\u201d Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil wrote on the Telegram messaging platform.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ: Trump says Venezuela president Maduro \u2018captured and flown out\u2019 of Venezuela as explosions rock Caracas<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-us-bombed-residential-areas\">US \u2018bombed residential areas\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Venezuela accused the United States of hitting residential areas in a wave of strikes early Saturday, and announced a major deployment of military resources.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cinvading\u201d US forces \u201chave desecrated our soil, going so far as to strike, using missiles and rockets fired from their combat helicopters, residential areas populated by civilians,\u201d Venezuela\u2019s Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez said in a video statement shared on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Lopez added that the South American country would launch a \u201cmassive deployment of all land, air, naval, riverine and missile capabilities\u2026 for comprehensive defence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said authorities were gathering \u201cinformation on the injured and dead\u201d in Washington\u2019s \u201cvile and cowardly attack\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>According to Lopez, residential areas were hit in the area of Fuerte Tiuna, Venezuela\u2019s largest military complex, situated in the south of Caracas, as well as in the states of Miranda, Aragua, and La Guaira around the capital.<\/p>\n<p>Explosions thundered across Caracas around 2:00 am (0600 GMT, 08:00 in SA), rattling windows in many neighbourhoods, AFP journalists reported.<\/p>\n<p>More explosions were later recorded in other cities across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The detonations continued in the capital for close to an hour while the sound of what seemed to be aircraft could be heard overhead.<\/p>\n<p>Several areas of the capital were left without electricity.<\/p>\n<p>Lopez expressed Venezuela\u2019s \u201cstrongest condemnation\u201d of the US attack, which he said was in \u201cflagrant violation of the United Nations Charter and international law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ:\u00a0Russia warns Trump against \u2018fatal mistake\u2019 in Venezuela standoff<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-colombia-move-troops-to-the-border\">Colombia move troops to the border<\/h3>\n<p>Colombian President Gustavo Petro said\u00a0Saturday he ordered the deployment of military forces to the Venezuelan border, following US strikes that, according to Donald Trump, ended with the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.<\/p>\n<p>Petro described Washington\u2019s actions as an \u201cassault on the sovereignty\u201d of Latin America and said they would result in a humanitarian crisis<\/p>\n<p>While proposing that the situation could be resolved through \u201cdialogue,\u201d the leftist president said on X that he had also ordered the \u201cdeployment of the security forces\u201d to the Venezuelan border.<\/p>\n<p>Petro made no mention of Maduro\u2019s capture, despite the Venezuelan leader being one of his government\u2019s closest allies in the region.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOW READ:\u00a0Trump peddles some more lies<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Russia #calls #urgent #clarity #Maduros #reported #capture #Venezuela #appeals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colombian President Gustavo Petro has also ordered the deployment of military forces to the Venezuelan border. 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