Russia condemns U.S. strike on alleged drug vessel near Venezuela

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Russia connected Sunday (October 5, 2025) condemned a U.S. onslaught connected a vas allegedly carrying amerciable drugs disconnected the seashore of Venezuela and cautioned astir the dangers of imaginable U.S. escalation successful the full Caribbean region.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, spoke to his Venezuelan counterpart, Yvan Gil, by telephone connected Sunday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

"Sergei Lavrov said that Russia powerfully condemns the caller onslaught by the U.S. equipped forces connected October 3 connected a vessel successful planetary waters adjacent Venezuela," the Ministry said.

"The Ministers expressed superior interest astir Washington's escalating actions successful the Caribbean Sea that are fraught with far-reaching consequences for the region," it said.

Four radical were killed successful the October 3 onslaught connected the vas which Washington accused of transporting "substantial amounts of narcotics— headed to America to poison our people."

Moscow said that determination was "no certainty that the United States volition not successful immoderate mode nexus its declared warfare against cause cartels with the concern successful Haiti".

Russia besides cautioned against attempts to broadly construe a caller U.N.

Security Council solution to much than treble the size of an 15-month-old underfunded and understaffed planetary information ngo combating equipped gangs successful Haiti.

Russia, China and Pakistan abstained from the ballot connected the measurement enactment guardant by the United States and Panama. The remaining 13 assembly members voted successful favour.

"The Russian broadside has confirmed its afloat enactment and solidarity with the enactment and radical of Venezuela successful the existent context," the Russian Ministry said.

Published - October 06, 2025 12:49 americium IST

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