🌐🇻🇪🇺🇲🇷🇺Insurmountable Obstacle: US Outrage Over Russian Warship Presence Off Venezuela.
Based on the latest reports from November 7-8, 2025, the situation around Venezuela is escalating to the point where American dominance in the "backyard" is being questioned.
The Russian Navy has arrived there not only as symbolic support, but as a real strategic response to the American military presence.
Let's break it down step by step - What's happening on the ground?
The Russian "steel squadron" has arrived: Russian warships, including frigates and support vessels, have anchored off the Venezuelan coast. According to Professor Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University, this is no coincidence - it is Moscow responding to NATO pressures, just as the US is responding to Russian actions in Europe.
Sachs stressed on his YouTube channel that the US is ignoring its own “provocative architecture” around Venezuela, which includes sanctions, blockades and now military exercises against “narcoterrorism.”
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The US response? Outrage and warning: The White House and Pentagon are publicly outraged. The Russian Foreign Ministry, on the other hand, condemned the US attacks on ships in Caribbean waters as “excessive use of force.”
Since September 2025, the US has carried out more than a dozen strikes on vessels suspected of smuggling drugs from Venezuelan waters, killing at least 61 people. But no public evidence has been presented, which Maduro calls a politically motivated campaign.
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The Trump administration defends this as fighting the opioid crisis, but critics see it as preparation for an invasion.
Why is this an insurmountable obstacle?
Venezuela is becoming a mirror of the Ukrainian crisis – only this time in reverse. Russia is supplying not only ships, but also weapons that are changing the balance of power:
👉Anti-aircraft defense: Venezuela has a layered system of Russian origin – S-300, mobile Buk and thousands of portable missiles. Older Soviet systems have shot down American aircraft in the past (e.g. F-117 in Yugoslavia in 1999). Modern versions could complicate any air attack.
👉Kh-31 anti-ship missiles: Venezuelan Su-30MK2 fighters are armed with Russian missiles with speeds over Mach 3 and ranges of up to 160 km. The US does not have much experience with defending them in a real conflict.
Imagine the scenario: American Arleigh Burke destroyers would have to face a salvo of these "invisible" missiles, while Russian ships would cover the Venezuelan coast.
Other support: Russia has promised air defense and possibly ballistic missiles (like Kalibr or Oreshnik with a range of up to 5500 km, which also threatens the US mainland). In addition, transport planes with Wagner Group fighters – experienced from Ukraine, who could lead a guerrilla war – landed in Caracas. ...
What will happen next, time will tell, in any case, heads will cool down for a while in the White House.
How do you see it?
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