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Russian warships will arrive in Havana next week, say Cuban officials citing 'friendly relations'
ABC News ^ | June 6, 2024

Posted on 06/06/2024 1:50:46 PM PDT by McGruff

Four Russian warships, including a nuclear-powered submarine, will arrive in Havana next week, Cuban officials said Thursday, citing “historically friendly relations” between both nations and as tensions escalate over Western military support for Ukraine in its war with Russia.

Cuba’s foreign ministry said in a news release that the ships will be in Havana between June 12 and June 17, noting that none of them will carry any nuclear weapons and assuring their presence “does not represent a threat to the region.”

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The officials said that the Russian military presence was notable but not concerning. However, it's taking place as Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested that Moscow could take “asymmetrical steps” elsewhere in the world in response to President Joe Biden’s decision to allow Ukraine to use U.S.-provided weapons to strike inside Russia to protect Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia; War
KEYWORDS: cuba; russia
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1 posted on 06/06/2024 1:50:46 PM PDT by McGruff
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To: McGruff
Where the weather is warm, as well as the female companionship


2 posted on 06/06/2024 2:00:45 PM PDT by Bobalu (I can’t even feign surprise anymore.)
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To: Bobalu

Good job 👍


3 posted on 06/06/2024 2:03:07 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: McGruff

Would not surprise me if the Kremlin set up a military base and added a battalion of troops and offensive weaponry.


4 posted on 06/06/2024 2:07:41 PM PDT by Obadiah
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To: Obadiah
Would not surprise me if the Kremlin set up a military base and added a battalion of troops and offensive weaponry.

who didn't expect some response like this?

Well, Tony Blinken, probably....

5 posted on 06/06/2024 2:12:15 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Obadiah

Wait until Mexico goes BRICS.


6 posted on 06/06/2024 2:16:05 PM PDT by hardspunned (Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
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To: McGruff
Cuba's Foreign Ministry said that the four Russian ships are the frigate “Gorshkov," the nuclear-powered submarine “Kazan," the fleet oil tanker “Pashin” and the salvage tug “Nikolai Chiker.”

Russian ship's don't go anywhere without a tug.

7 posted on 06/06/2024 2:16:15 PM PDT by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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To: McGruff

Do they have a ship that’ll actually make it that far?


8 posted on 06/06/2024 2:32:32 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: hardspunned

Wait until Mexico goes BRICS.

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Not good when they do, and it’s only a matter of time.

I need to check out the newly elected Mexican female president. Probably hard core Left.


9 posted on 06/06/2024 2:33:54 PM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: McGruff

“Cuba’s foreign ministry said in a news release that the ships will be in Havana between June 12 and June 17, noting that none of them will carry any nuclear weapons and assuring their presence “does not represent a threat to the region.””

There you have it: the official denial. Then it’s settled that the Russian ships will have nukes on board.


10 posted on 06/06/2024 2:42:14 PM PDT by MeganC (❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️)
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11 posted on 06/06/2024 2:48:38 PM PDT by Apparatchik (Русские свиньи, идите домой!)
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To: McGruff

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. should be assigned to advise on policy if images from space show missiles in Cuba.


12 posted on 06/06/2024 3:14:51 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: hardspunned

Extraordinary how Biden is demolishing the US and most of what he’s doing is under the threshold right now but when it starts unraveling people are going to have no idea what happened to them. Even more obscene is the corrupt MSM refuse to even ask any questions. To do so would possibly mean inadvertently helping Trump or Republicans. We have sunk to ideology over all else.


13 posted on 06/06/2024 3:17:05 PM PDT by Obadiah
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To: McGruff

Oh great, now the neocon lunatics will want war with Cuba. MIC bonanza incoming.


14 posted on 06/06/2024 3:19:22 PM PDT by Bull Man
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To: McGruff

Things that would not happen under Trump.


15 posted on 06/06/2024 3:20:36 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING AMERICA, AND HE WILL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: McGruff

If we want bases and bioweapons labs along Russia’s border, I guess we can tolerate a warship visiting Cuba.


16 posted on 06/06/2024 3:31:28 PM PDT by KittyKares
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I expect them to drop off a few Hypersonics to deal with the Neocons, should the Neocons get ‘too cute’.


17 posted on 06/06/2024 3:57:01 PM PDT by BobL (Yes, it's sarcasm, but use your brain when you vote, not your emotions)
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To: KittyKares
If we want bases and bioweapons labs along Russia’s border, I guess we can tolerate a warship visiting Cuba.

Why would "we" want bioweapons labs anywhere much less on the border of a nuclear armed country?

18 posted on 06/06/2024 3:58:58 PM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: McGruff

Giving the Russian navy a break from being sunk by Ukranian drones?

CC


19 posted on 06/06/2024 4:56:59 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: McGruff

Cool. 4 Russkies warships. One LA class attack sub. Who wins?

Actually to stop the Russian and Chinese blue water fleets you need only sink the oceangoing tugboats they require.


20 posted on 06/06/2024 4:59:05 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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