Politics Russian military ships in Cuba's capital Havana again

For the second time in just over six weeks, Russian navy ships have arrived in the Cuban capital Havana for a visit. According to the Cuban armed forces, the ships that entered the port this morning (local time) were a training ship, a patrol ship and a deep-sea oil tanker from Russia's Baltic fleet. They had come for a four-day working visit. The public will be able to visit the training ship "Smolny" on Sunday and Monday. The ships were welcomed with 21 artillery salvos, as the port's head of customs, Julio Antonio Fernández, wrote on Platform X.

From June 12 to 17, four ships from the Russian navy came to Havana for a port visit, including a nuclear-powered submarine. Subsequently, a nuclear-powered US military fighter submarine also appeared off Cuba's coast. According to the US regional command, this was a previously planned routine visit to the US base at Guantánamo Bay in eastern Cuba.

Havana is only around 170 kilometers away from Key West in the US state of Florida. The Caribbean state, in which only the Communist Party is permitted, is an ally of Russia. The visit of the ships is a sign of the cordial relations between the two nations, according to the Russian embassy in Cuba on X.

SDA