PR ▁reported ▁that ▁critics ▁say ▁the ▁offer ▁of ▁human itar ian ▁aid ▁by ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁is ▁designed ▁as ▁a ▁way ▁to ▁place ▁pressure ▁on ▁Mad uro ▁and ▁to ▁increase ▁diss ent ▁among ▁the ▁Venez uel an ▁armed ▁forces , ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁US ▁is ▁using ▁a ▁similar ▁t actic ▁that ▁Russia ▁used ▁in ▁Ukraine , ▁where ▁ 2 5 0   Russ ian ▁tr uck s ▁entered ▁to ▁deliver ▁aid ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁Colombia , ▁and ▁Venezuela ' s ▁neighbor ing ▁countries , ▁" are ▁the ▁most ▁interested ▁in ▁seeing ▁aid ▁brought ▁in ", ▁according ▁to ▁CNN , ▁to ▁" help ▁reduce ▁the ▁wave ▁of ▁Venez uel an ▁refuge es ▁pour ing ▁across ▁their ▁borders ." ▁Carlos ▁Hol mes ▁Tru j illo , ▁Colombia ' s ▁foreign ▁minister , ▁said ▁that ▁blocking ▁aid ▁was ▁a ▁crime ▁that ▁" w ould ▁give ▁even ▁more ▁reason ▁...   to ▁ask ▁the ▁International ▁C riminal ▁Court ▁to ▁investigate ▁Mad uro ". ▁ ▁The ▁United ▁Nations ▁( UN ) ▁stated ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁that ▁"[ v ] ast ▁numbers ▁of ▁Venez uel ans ▁are ▁star ving , ▁dep riv ed ▁of ▁essential ▁medic ines , ▁and ▁trying ▁to ▁surv ive ▁in ▁a ▁situation ▁that ▁is ▁spir aling ▁down wards ▁with ▁no ▁end ▁in ▁sight "; ▁it ▁recommended ▁increased ▁human itar ian ▁fund ing ▁for ▁Venez uel ans ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁and ▁ca ution ed ▁not ▁to ▁polit ic ize ▁aid . ▁The ▁UN ▁said ▁that