X user @defense_civil25 posted that strikes on Venezuela have started, in an update shared during the 59-minute reporting window from 4:16 AM to 5:15 AM UTC on December 31. This claim follows the U.S. deployment of B-1B bombers from the 7th Bomb Wing, identified with callsigns BARB-31, BARB-32, and BARB-33, to the Bahamas area earlier on December 31, according to X user @HHunternight in a post shared up to 4:16 AM UTC. Paraguay's president urged to avoid a military confrontation between the U.S. and Venezuela, as stated in a December 30 message reported by El Cooperante and shared by @El_Cooperante on X during prior coverage ending at 4:16 AM UTC. These developments occur amid U.S.-Venezuela tensions heightened by President Donald Trump's declassification earlier on December 31 of a CIA attack inside Venezuela on December 24, according to U.S. officials cited by The Wall Street Journal.
