- Venezuela accused the US of carrying out strikes on Caracas early Saturday.
- In a statement, Caracas said it rejected and denounced the "extremely serious military aggression."
- The government accused the US of attacking both military and civilian areas.
Venezuela has accused the United States of carrying out strikes on Caracas on Saturday.
In a statement, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's government said the US had targeted both military and civilian areas and called on "all social and political forces" to reject the attacks.
"The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela rejects, repudiates, and denounces before the international community the extremely serious military aggression perpetrated by the current Government of the United States of America," the statement continued.
It added that the aim of the attack was for the US to "seize Venezuela's strategic resources, particularly its oil and minerals, in an attempt to forcibly break the nation's political independence."
Explosions were heard around the capital early Saturday morning.
It comes amid mounting tensions between Maduro and President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly threatened military action against Venezuela in recent months over alleged drug trafficking networks in the nation. Caracas has maintained that Washington's true goal is to overthrow the Venezuelan government.
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