{"id":115727,"date":"2026-01-04T08:13:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T13:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/zelenskyy-reacts-to-maduro-arrest-us-knows-what-to-do-next-115727"},"modified":"2026-01-04T08:13:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T13:13:53","slug":"zelenskyy-reacts-to-maduro-arrest-us-knows-what-to-do-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/zelenskyy-reacts-to-maduro-arrest-us-knows-what-to-do-next-115727","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy reacts to Maduro arrest: US &#8216;knows what to do next&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/volodymyr-zelenskyy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/a> weighed in Saturday on the U.S. capture of former Venezuelan leader Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, telling reporters that Washington &#8220;knows what to do next.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy was speaking to reporters in Kyiv after meeting with national security advisors from member states of the Coalition of the Willing when he was asked about the stunning U.S. military operation that unfolded in the early morning hours in Caracas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Regarding Venezuela? How should we respond to this?&#8221; Zelenskyy asked in Ukrainian. &#8220;Well, what can I say is, if you can do that with dictators, then the United States knows what to do next,&#8221; he said with a smile.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. forces took Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, from their compound, where they were boarded onto the USS Iwo Jima and flown to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/northeast\/new-york\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York<\/a> to face federal charges.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-casts-maduros-ouster-smart-move-russia-china-enter-fray\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TRUMP CASTS MADURO\u2019S OUSTER AS \u2018SMART\u2019 MOVE AS RUSSIA, CHINA ENTER THE FRAY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs denounced the capture of Maduro and his wife, urging the Trump administration to release the &#8220;legitimately elected president of a sovereign country and his spouse.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a superseding indictment released Saturday by Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/pam-bondi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pam Bondi<\/a>, Maduro is charged with leading a narco-terrorism conspiracy tied to large-scale <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/drugs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cocaine trafficking<\/a> into the United States, along with related drug importation and weapons offenses.<\/p>\n<p>Flores is also charged in the same indictment with participating in a decades-long cocaine trafficking conspiracy and related firearms offenses.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/nyc-mayor-strongly-condemns-trumps-capture-venezuelan-leader-maduro-act-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NYC MAYOR STRONGLY CONDEMNS TRUMP&#8217;S CAPTURE OF VENEZUELAN LEADER MADURO AS &#8216;ACT OF WAR&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The charges build on prior indictments from 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Dan Caine said the mission, dubbed &#8220;Operation Absolute Resolve,&#8221; involved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/us-military-details-timeline-operation-capture-maduro-revealing-more-than-150-aircraft-involved\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more than 150 aircraft<\/a> and a coordinated effort by the U.S. military, intelligence agencies, and law enforcement to apprehend the duo.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This operation is a testament to the dedication and unwavering commitment to justice and our resolve to hold accountable those who threaten peace and stability,&#8221; he said at a Mar-a-Lago press conference alongside President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> and other Cabinet officials.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/maduros-fall-sparks-suspicion-betrayal-inside-venezuelas-ruling-elite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>MADURO\u2019S FALL SPARKS SUSPICION OF BETRAYAL INSIDE VENEZUELA\u2019S RULING ELITE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump told reporters he never spoke with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/personalities\/vladimir-putin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russian President Vladimir Putin<\/a> about Maduro.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not thrilled with Putin. He&#8217;s killing too many people,&#8221; the president said when asked whether he was upset at the Russian leader.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow has continued <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/conflicts\/ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pounding Kyiv<\/a> with large-scale drone and missile attacks as the Trump administration works to secure a potential peace agreement to end the nearly four-year war.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Russia has not shown a genuine willingness to pursue peace. Instead, it continues its aggressive war, violence, and destabilization, using negotiations as a tactic to buy time,&#8221; \u00a0Zelenskyy said during the Coalition of the Willing meeting, according to a statement from his office. &#8220;It employs provocations and manipulations to derail progress in the peace process,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/zelenskyy-reacts-maduro-arrest-us-knows-what-do-next\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/zelenskyy-reacts-maduro-arrest-us-knows-what-do-next <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy weighed in Saturday on the U.S. capture of former Venezuelan leader Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, telling reporters that Washington &#8220;knows what to do [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-115727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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