Cuba announced that four Russian warships will arrive in Havana next week. The fleet includes a nuclear submarine.
“This visit corresponds to the historical friendly relations between Cuba and the Russian Federation,” Cuba said in the press release. “None of the ships carry nuclear weapons, so their stopover in our country does not represent a threat to the region.”
The ships will stay in Havana from June 12 to 17.
The Russians will also visit Venezuela. Gotta visit all the Commies I guess.
Because, you know, Russia has never put weapons in Cuba.
It’s weird, though. Twice this week alone, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he has no problem sending weapons to countries not friendly with the West:
The Russian leader on Wednesday told international journalists that Moscow could provide long-range weapons to nations to strike Western targets, a threat that comes after the U.S. gave Ukraine permission to strike with American-made weapons in a limited area of Russia.“We reserve the right to act the same way,” Putin said on the sidelines of the forum earlier this week. “The response might [be] asymmetrical, and we will think about that.”Putin on Friday also reaffirmed that he is prepared to use nuclear weapons if he sees a threat to Russian sovereignty, even as he said the current threat level did not warrant the use of such weapons as stipulated in Moscow’s nuclear doctrine. However, he noted that could change.“We have a nuclear doctrine which states that the use of nuclear arms is possible in an exceptional case, when the sovereignty and territorial integrity of our country is threatened,” he said. “But the doctrine can be changed.”
Putin made similar remarks on Friday.
“If they supply [weapons] to the combat zone and call for using these weapons against our territory, why don’t we have the right to do the same?” Putin told those at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
Officials have already kept their eyes on Russian ships and planes expected in the Caribbean.
Anonymous sources told The Associated Press that Russia is responding to Biden’s continued support for Ukraine by flexing its muscle.
I bet Russia feels the need to flex because Ukraine has hit targets in Russia with weapons from Biden.
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