US helicopters attacked Venezuelan military sites including locations where Russian Buk-M2 air defence systems were stationed in Caracas, La Guaira, and other areas.
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US operation began with strikes on locations where Buk systems were stationed in Venezuela
Some systems were destroyed while still being deployed, as the Venezuelan military was unprepared
U.S. conducted a large-scale military operation in Caracas that led to the capture of Maduro and his wife
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