“Against the background of a new criminal attack against the calm and peace of the motherland, the government and the Armed Forces are at the disposal of citizens. We will show once again our indomitable will, ”he wrote on Twitter.

Ante el nuevo ataque criminal contra la tranquilidad y la Paz de la Patria, el Gobierno Bolivariano y la #FANB se encuentran desplegados atendiendo las necesidades del pueblo. Los hijos e hijas de Bolívar demostraremos una vez más nuestra voluntad inquebrantable. ¡Venceremos! pic.twitter.com/M6SYC0VIEA

- Nicolás Maduro (@NicolasMaduro) July 23, 2019

Earlier, a massive power outage occurred in a number of areas of the capital of Venezuela and another 16 states of the country.

According to the Minister of Communications and Information, Jorge Rodriguez, the first results of the investigation showed that an “electromagnetic attack” had occurred.