He announced this on his Twitter page.

“We will not rest until the coup d'état is won, with the help of which they are trying to intervene in the political life of Venezuela, reject our sovereignty and establish a puppet government of the American empire,” Maduro said.

No descansaremos hasta der rotar el golpe de los de predo ente de intervenir en la vida política de Venezuela, echar de noiro soeranía e instaurar un gobierno títere del imperio estadounidense pic.twitter.com/jCNiabC723

- Nicolás Maduro (@NicolasMaduro) January 26, 2019

On January 23, Venezuelan Parliament Speaker Juan Guaido declared himself interim head of state. Washington therefore called on Maduro to hand over power to him.

In turn, the Venezuelan president accused the United States of intending to carry out a coup d'état in the country.

Professor of the Faculty of International Relations of St. Petersburg State University, Lazar Kheyfets, in an interview with NSN, expressed the opinion that Maduro still has a chance to retain power.

At the same time, State Duma deputy, representative of the international affairs committee, Alexander Romanovich, told Nation News that this was the beginning of the deepest crisis in Venezuela.