US Secretary of Defense Pit Hegset announced that he had ordered the “deadly kinetic blow” on the ship, which, according to him, transported drugs in international waters, as a result of which four people were killed on board.
Hegset in his statement published on the social network of the American company X, said early in the morning by order of the President (Donald). Trump I gave an order on a deadly kinetic strike on a ship related to foreign terrorist organizations located in the area of responsibility of the US southern command. “
Highset noted that” 4 terrorist, who were members of the oners on the vessel, were killed. ” He emphasized that not a single American soldier was injured during the operation.
According to the hegset, the ship was sunk in international waters off the coast of Venezuela, when “transported a significant amount of drugs in the United States.”
the Minister of Defense, who shared a 37-second video recording of the moment of attack, said that our intelligence confirmed that this The boat, without a doubt, was engaged in drug smuggling, people on board were drug -terrorists and acted on the well -known route of drug smuggles. “
Hegset emphasized that the struggle will continue” until the threat of drugs for the US people. “At the same time, US President Donald Trump in his account in his account in his account The American social network Truth Social shared these images: “Today, early in the morning, a ship was destroyed off the coast of Venezuela, on board the number of drugs sufficient for murder from 25 to 50 thousand people.”