US President Trump orders to attack Venezuela - media

US President Donald Trump ordered strikes on targets inside Venezuela on Saturday, media reports said.

In particular, CBS News journalist Jennifer Jacobs informed about this on Twitter.

"President Trump ordered strikes on sites inside Venezuela including military facilities, U.S. officials said, as the administration early Saturday ratcheted up its campaign against the regime of President Nicolás Maduro," the reporter said.

Prior to that, she said that Trump administration officials were aware of reports of explosions and airplane flights over the Venezuelan capital of Caracas early this morning.

There has been no official comment so far.

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on Saturday morning, explosions were heard in the Venezuelan capital Caracas and "at least one column of smoke" was visible.