"Maduro gave up immediately. He raised his hands, he gave up. And he did the right thing," Trump said aboard his plane en route to Washington from West Palm Beach, Florida, where he spent the Christmas and New Year holidays at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
"We were so effective, and it was so fast and violent. It was very violent," the US leader added. Reporters asked him to describe the "most violent moment" of the operation. "I don't want to tell you that," the US president replied. Trump had previously mentioned that many of the Cuban citizens guarding the Venezuelan leader were killed during the operation.
- Thirty-two Cubans died as a result of the US operation to kidnap Venezuela’s legitimate president Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel announced.
"It is with deep sorrow that our people have learned that during the criminal attack carried out by the US government against the fraternal Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, <...> 32 Cubans died in combat while carrying out their missions," the presidential decree published by the Cubadebate news outlet said.
The document also noted that a two-day mourning period was announced on the island.[TASS]
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Many Cuban citizens who were guarding Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro were killed during the US military operation in Venezuela, US President Donald Trump said.
ReplyDelete"You know, a lot of Cubans were killed yesterday," he told reporters aboard his presidential plane.
"There was a lot of death on the other side, but no death on our side. But there was a lot of death on the other side, unfortunately. A lot of Cubans were killed yesterday, trying to protect him," Trump added.
Президент Кубы объявил двухдневный траур в стране в связи с гибелью 32 сограждан, защищавших Мадуро от похищения военными США.
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