SAN LUIS POTOSÍ, Mexico.- A Russian military fleet will arrive in Havana on July 27, just a month and a half after the controversial arrival of the frigate Gorshkov, the nuclear-powered submarine Kazan, the fleet’s oil tanker Pashin and the rescue tug Nikolai Chiker.
The Russian Navy’s Baltic Fleet will consist of the training ship Smolny, the patrol ship Neustrahimi and the deep-sea oil tanker Yelnya, the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (MINFAR) said in a statement on Wednesday. note in social networks.
The “working” visit will last until July 30, MINFAR said. “During their stay in the Caribbean nation, the Russian sailors will carry out a program of activities that includes courtesy visits to the head of the Revolutionary Navy and the governor of the capital, as well as touring places of historical and cultural interest.”
It is a practice “historical relationship of the Cuban revolutionary government with nations with which it maintains friendship and collaboration,” said the text, which attempts to justify the arrival of Russian warships on the eve of the elections in Venezuela.
As an “attraction”, they announced that the Cubans You can visit the training ship Smolny on Sunday, July 28, from 12:00 to 4:00 p.m. (local time) and on Monday, from 12:00 to 6:00 p.m.
In June, specifically on the 12th, a group of ships from the Russian Navy had docked in the port of Havana, which included a submarine nuclear powered.
Although on that occasion the MINFAR clarified that none of the ships were “carriers of nuclear weapons,” the presence of the fleet generated concern in the international community and among Cubans themselves.
During their journey to Cuba, the Russian ships conducted exercises in the Atlantic, including simulations of high-precision missile launches.
The laboratory of ideas Cuba 21st Century He then warned, according to his own sources, that the Havana regime had asked Vladimir Putin for a Russian nuclear military presence on the Island during this summer.
The action, the laboratory warned, was intended to send the message to the people of the Island that the United States would not dare come to their aid “if Cuban blood is spilled in the streets of cities and towns.”
For his part, the commander of the Russian Navy, Alexander Moiseyev, said that the presence in Havana of a modern frigate, a nuclear submarine and two support vessels had the “desired effect” and irritated “someone.”
“The proximity of a detachment of ships of the Northern Fleet to the borders of our current opponent irritated someone. For us, this is a very important component, we were confident in the actions of our forces. We had the support of the Republic of Cuba, which is close to us, the campaign had the desired effect,” the official said in June, according to the media. Interfax.
He also said that for Russia, the practice of using naval forces and submarines in remote sea zones in “operationally important” areas would continue, Moiseev added during the “Fleet-2024 Maritime Salon”.
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