“We are now considering this as a potentially turning point in the efforts of the people of Venezuela to restore freedom, and we fully support it,” TASS quoted him as saying.
According to him, US President Donald Trump monitors the situation in the Latin American country during the day "literally every minute."
Earlier, the leader of the opposition National Assembly of Venezuela, Juan Guaido, announced the start of the final phase of Operation Freedom. Later in Caracas, demonstrators protesting against government action staged clashes with members of the Venezuelan National Guard.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo noted in this connection that the American authorities fully support Guayido.
In January, Dmitry Rodionov, director of the Center for Geopolitical Studies at the Institute for Innovative Development, expressed an opinion that the United States had long interfered in the internal affairs of the Bolivarian Republic.