Moscow: Russia has issued a strong condemnation of a recent U.S. military strike on a vessel off the coast of Venezuela, which the United States claims was transporting illegal narcotics. The strike, conducted on October 3, resulted in the deaths of four individuals aboard the vessel, according to U.S. Department of Defense reports. Washington described the operation as part of its ongoing efforts to combat international drug trafficking, framing it as a “non-international armed conflict” targeting cartel networks.

In a phone call with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov expressed Moscow’s “serious concern” over what he termed the United States’ escalating actions in the Caribbean Sea. Lavrov warned that such military interventions could destabil

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