The US Denies Russia Allegations Over Venezuela Invasion

on Tuesday Nikolai Patrushev, a top Russian security official accused Washington of deploying forces in Puerto Rico and Colombia in preparation for a military intervention in Venezuela to topple Moscow’s ally, President Nicolas Maduro,

However the United States denied the allegations that it is preparing a military invasion of an independent state as Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of the Russian Security Council, claimed in an interview.

“The transfer of American special operations forces to Puerto Rico, the landing of U.S. forces in Colombia and other facts indicate the Pentagon is reinforcing its troops in the region in order to use them in an operation to remove … Maduro from power,” Patrushev said.

 However, the U.S. special envoy for Venezuela, Elliott Abrams, when asked on Tuesday if Washington was preparing to take military action in Venezuela, responded: “No.”

“The president has said all options are on the table. Presidents always say that and rightly so. But it ill behooves the Russians to talk about military intervention after they have dismembered both Georgia and Ukraine,” Abrams told reporters at the United Nations ahead of a Security Council meeting on Venezuela.

U.S. officials have dismissed Russian allegations about U.S. plans for Venezuela as baseless “propaganda”.