United States sent naval forces to spy on a group of Russian navy ships headed for Havana harbor, CBS reported, citing US officials.< /p>
According to them, Washington sees no threat in the upcoming visit of Russian ships to the Cuban port, but “American ships have been sent to spy on the Russians”.
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba announced that a group of ships from the Russian Navy will arrive on an official visit to the port of Havana on June 12. It is about the frigate "Admiral Gorshkov", the nuclear submarine "Kazan", the tanker "Akademik Pashin" and the rescue tug "Nikolai Chiker". The statement emphasized that “none of the ships carried nuclear weapons” and therefore their stay “does not pose a threat to the region”.
A representative of the US administration specified that the submarine will be monitored by two US destroyers and two ships with sonar equipment, and the Russian ships will be monitored by a destroyer and a US Coast Guard cutter.< /p>
Coordinator for strategic communications at the White House National Security Council, John Kirby, made a statement that in this way Russia was allegedly expressing dissatisfaction with the US support for Ukraine. “Obviously they are signaling their displeasure with what we are doing for Ukraine,” he told CBS. Earlier, the official said that the United States is monitoring the situation surrounding the visit of Russian Navy ships to the port of Havana, but does not see it as a serious threat to national security.
On June 5, the Associated Press agency reported that the Washington administration expects Russian ships to arrive in the Caribbean this summer to conduct naval exercises. As US officials told the agency, they will arrive in the region "in the coming weeks". According to US officials, Russian ships may enter the ports of Venezuela and Cuba.