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Venezuelas Defense Minister: The national armed forces have been fully activated to safeguard national sovereignty.Venezuelan Defense Minister: Most of Maduros security team members were killed in the US operation.On January 4th, the Russian Ministry of Defense issued a war report stating that Russian forces had taken control of the Podolsky settlement in Kharkiv Oblast. Over the past day, Russian forces launched attacks on Ukrainian troops in multiple locations including Sumy, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson, destroying Ukrainian armored vehicles, counter-battery radar stations, electronic warfare systems, ammunition depots, and shooting down Ukrainian-made guided-missile bombs and drones. On the same day, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine issued a battle report stating that 211 battles had taken place in the front-line areas over the past day. Ukrainian forces launched attacks on multiple Russian personnel and equipment concentrations, and initiated or repelled Russian offensives in the directions of Kupyansk and Pokrovsk. Ukrainian forces also destroyed Russian tanks, artillery, air defense systems, and drones.On January 4th, Alexei Pushkov, a member of the Federation Council of Russia, argued that bringing Caracas under US control would mean seizing a huge "trophy" in geostrategic competition. Whether Washington can achieve this without sending troops to Venezuela and occupying the country is a major question. Pushkov stated, "Removing Venezuela from the sphere of anti-American influence and bringing it under direct US control, rather than merely its sphere of influence, means for Washington to seize a huge trophy in global geoeconomic and geostrategic competition… From this perspective, arresting Maduro is only the first step in achieving this goal. The goal itself has not yet been achieved. Whether Trump can achieve this goal without sending troops to Venezuela and occupying the country is a major question."The mayor of Moscow, Russia, said that 25 drones flying towards Moscow have been shot down.
