"Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk declared Warsaw will ‘monitor the situation’ following seven large-scale US airstrikes on Caracas on Saturday. “Indeed, 2026 is off to a strong start. It will still be time to analyse how this will affect the situation in our region. Nowadays, massive events like today's attack by US forces affect the whole world, so we will react and prepare for this new situation,” Tusk said.  “I have information at the moment about 11 Polish citizens who are in Venezuela and have travelled to Venezuela, despite repeated warnings from the foreign minister not to visit the country due to the situation and internal and possible conflict,” Tusk continued, claiming the Polish embassy to be ‘safe for the time being in any case’. Caracas was jolted awake by at least seven massive explosions early Saturday in what Venezuela has described as 'serious US military aggression'. Caracas residents described thunderous blasts from around 02:00 local time (06:00 am GMT), as low-flying aircraft and air defences roared overhead. Smoke was seen rising from La Carlota air base, officially known as Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda, in eastern Caracas. Additional impacts were reported at Fort Tiuna, the country’s main military complex, and at the Port of La Guaira. Large areas of southern Caracas lost power shortly after the detonations, plunging neighbourhoods into darkness. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro declared a national emergency and a state of external disturbance, ordering all defence plans into effect and calling for mass mobilisation. Just before 9:30 am, Donald Trump confirmed the US was behind the airstrikes and said Venezuelan President Maduro and his wife had been captured and flown out of Venezuela.  It comes after weeks of US military action under 'Operation Southern Spear', limited to maritime intercepts of oil tankers and strikes on boats alleged to belong to drug cartels. Washington has accused the Maduro government of operating as a 'narco-state'. The Pentagon has maintained a heavy military presence, including the USS Gerald R Ford carrier strike group and about 15,000 personnel in the Caribbean Sea. Just 24 hours earlier, Maduro had said he was open to talks with Washington on drug trafficking and oil investment. Caracas claims the US aim is to 'seize Venezuela’s mineral and oil wealth' through what it calls 'imperialist aggression'. By midday Saturday, there were no confirmed reports of US ground troops entering Venezuela. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that he 'anticipates no further action in Venezuela now that Maduro is in US custody.'"