US captures Nicolás Maduro, Moscow faces drone attacks for two days in a row - Weekend brief
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The US carried out a successful operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Meanwhile, Moscow was attacked by drones for two days in a row.
For more details on what happened over the weekend, see the report.
The US captured Maduro
On Saturday, January 3, the US launched strikes on the Venezuelan capital of Caracas.
Later, Donald Trump confirmed that America had successfully carried out a large-scale operation. He wrote that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife had been captured and taken out of the country.
On the same day, Trump made statements about the operation. He announced that the US would control Venezuela until the transfer of power. The media reports that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will head the administration.
Maduro is to appear in court in the US today, January 5.
Moscow under drone attack for two days in a row
On Saturday, unknown drones flew over Moscow once again. As a result, approximately 50 flights were delayed at Vnukovo Airport.
The situation repeated the following day. Three airports in the capital were closed due to the detection of drones, and the media reported delays to approximately 200 flights.
Ukraine hits Russia's defense sector with new sanctions
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree enacting the National Security and Defense Council's decision to impose sanctions on 95 individuals and 70 legal entities. Most of them are citizens and residents of Russia.
Zelenskyy announces new meeting with Trump
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced a new meeting with US leader Donald Trump at the end of January to discuss a peace plan.
Coalition of the Willing meeting in Kyiv
On Saturday, January 3, national security advisors from 15 European countries and NATO arrived in Kyiv. On this day, Ukraine and its European partners began joint work on security guarantees and approaches to a peace plan.
Following the results of the work with European partners, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Andrii Hnatov announced that Ukraine and the US had agreed on an important four-section military document.
Advisor to the Head of the Presidential Office Oleksandr Bevz shared details of the future security guarantee system and emphasized that the document would be signed by Ukraine, the US, and European partners.
