The Russian Federation sent the “best” of what it has to naval exercises with Cuba: analysts appreciated
Date: 2024-06-14 Author: Кирило Загоруйко Categories: WORLD
Russian warships arrived at the port of the Cuban capital of Havana for joint naval exercises with the Cuban armed forces.
The American administration confirmed that Russian warships do not pose a threat. "We are monitoring the routes. Neither the ships nor the submarine pose a direct threat to the United States," an administration official said on condition of anonymity.
A State Department spokesman said that such Russian maneuvers in Cuba are “routine naval visits.” At the same time, the Russian Federation assured that this visit does not pose a threat and will last six days. And Cuba stated that such maneuvers are standard practice for naval units of countries friendly to Havana and that the ships participating in the maneuvers do not carry nuclear weapons and do not pose a threat.
The tanker "Akademik Pashin", the tugboat "Nikolai Chiker", the nuclear submarine "Kazan" and the frigate "Admiral Gorshkov" arrived at the port of Havana. The Yasen-M nuclear submarine Kazan, about which there were many laudatory articles in the Russian media, is known for the fact that it was not delivered on time in 2017. It was sent for “revision due to design flaws.”
U.S. officials predict that Russian ships will remain in the region throughout the summer and may make a stop in Venezuela.
Mathieu Boulegue from the Institute of International Relations in London believes that in the context of a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, these maneuvers are a kind of provocation to show that “the Russian Federation is not isolated in the international community and can interact with other states,” Voice of America reports.
“The ability of the Russian fleet to maintain competitiveness against the US fleet, especially at this range, is limited to the extreme in any military context,” said Sidarth Kaushal, a senior fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London.
