Daily brief
The Russian Foreign Ministry stated there is no legal justification for the United States' violation of international law in Caracas, with senior officials like Dmitry Medvedev and Sergey Lavrov echoing that US actions, including the reported capture of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, are unjustified. Russia has called for their release.
Venezuela appointed the daughter of a sanctioned official as a new government minister and affirmed it will continue its cooperation with Russia.
Spanish politician Isabel Díaz Ayuso called for an investigation into former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero's ties to Venezuela.