Russia is preparing to deploy combat vessels in the Caribbean Sea during the summer as part of aerial and naval combat exercises, an anonymous United States official told Reuters according to a report published Wednesday.that the naval exercises will put Russian warships and long-range bombers in the region and will likely include port calls in Cuba and possibly Venezuela, Russia’s closest allies in the region.
The Castro regime asserted that during their stay in Havana, Russian sailors will carry out a “program of activities that includes courtesy visits to the Chief of the Revolutionary Navy and the Governor of Havana. They will also visit places of historical and cultural interest.” According to the American official cited by Reuters, the administration of President Joe Biden is not concerned by the exercises and does not see the move as “threatening,” as Russia sailed ships to the Western Hemisphere on a yearly basis between 2013 and 2020, but the U.S. Navy will nevertheless monitor the exercises.
“We are expecting that Russia will temporarily send combat naval vessels to the Caribbean region and these ships will likely conduct port calls in Cuba and possibly Venezuela. There may also be some aircraft deployments or flights in the region,” the official added.The U.S. official reportedly said that Russian naval activity has increased because of the United States’s support for Ukraine amid Russia’s ongoing invasion.
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