Issued on: 06/01/2026 - 15:40

European leaders have given a low-key response to US President Donald Trump's military intervention in Venezuela as they try to get Trump to help end Russia's war on Ukraine. Venezuela's traditional allies are also in a bind to criticise the US intervention: Russia has to way up the cost of losing a key regional ally against maintaining good relations with Trump which it can then use against Ukraine. FRANCE 24's Andrew Hilliar breaks it down for us

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