SAN LUIS POTOSÍ, Mexico.- A Russian military expert warned This Thursday, July 25, the Moscow regime is laying the groundwork for the permanent deployment of its naval and land forces in Cuba.
“The Russian land and naval base is already being re-established in Cuba. If dry cargo ships are used, missiles may arrive there again.” [nucleares]as it happened in 1962,” Alexander Sharkovsky, a Kremlin military expert, told the news agency Absatz.
He madeas he justified, is because the United States “intends to place its medium-range missiles on German territory“.
“This means that our missiles must end up somewhere close to the United States. This is a very important strategic base for the security of the Russian Federation“, he emphasized.
Although Sharkovsky noted that Russia is not yet pushing ahead with the process of sending a large number of warships to Cuba, the establishment of the Russian Navy will become a reality if the White House agrees to locate its missile systems in European countries.
“Russia is making comprehensive preparations for the permanent deployment of its naval forces in Cuba. The resumption of strategic ties with Havana will be a tough response by Moscow to Washington’s desire to place weapons in Europe,” said Alexander Sharkovsky.
Last week, after the advertisement After the US government’s announcement that it would deploy long-range military equipment on German territory in 2026 to show the White House’s “commitment” to NATO, the Russian regime said it would take action.
Kremlin Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that although no action has been decided and will be considered “calmly,” they do not rule out “a possible significant increase in nuclear potential.”
Another military fleet to Cuba
On Wednesday, Cuban authorities announced the imminent arrival in Havana of ships from the Russian Baltic Fleet.
The training ship Smolny, the patrol boat Neustrahimiy and the deep-sea oil tanker Yelnya will be in Havana port on a “working visit” between July 27 and 30.
“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,” the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (MINFAR) said in a statement on Wednesday. note in social networks.
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.
Russian ships
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.”
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