The note does not mention military trainingCompared to recently published information from American sources, according to which Russian ships were heading to the Caribbean to participate in maneuvers and could stop at ports in Cuba and Venezuela.

“Nobody ships is the carrier nuclear weapontherefore, its scale in our country does not pose a threat to the region,” the Cuban Foreign Ministry clarified, also pointing out that “visits to naval units of other countries are a historical practice” with states with which the country maintains “relationships of friendship and cooperation.”

The ships that are part of the Russian naval detachment, according to the statement, are Gorshkov frigateHe Nuclear submarine “Kazan”.naval oil tanker “Pashin” and rescue tug “Nikolai Chiker”.

Russian frigate “Admiral Gorshkov”. lead ship frigates of the latest generation of the Russian Navy, in January 2023, conducted exercises to test the launch of Zircon hypersonic missiles in the Atlantic using computer simulation.

In February 2023, he participated in joint exercises with South Africa And Chinaand last March it joined joint exercises conducted by the Chinese navy. Iran And Russia in the Gulf of Oman.

For its part, Kazan is a nuclear submarine capable of firing cruise missiles, which entered service in 2021.