For months, hundreds of Cubans have quietly left the island to fight for Russia in its war in Ukraine, chasing promises of money and Russian citizenship from shadowy online recruiters, family ...

Hours over rutted roads inland from Havana, the small Cuban city of Jatibonico is a snapshot of late 19th-century living, its ...

In a statement, Cuba's Foreign Ministry called the alleged plan a human trafficking ring. It said Cubans, both in Russia and on the island, had been recruited to fight in Russia's war against Ukraine.

Kim Jong Un to meet with Putin 01:46. Havana — Cuba has identified an alleged human trafficking ring aimed at recruiting its citizens to fight in Russia's war in Ukraine, the foreign ministry ...

Cuba’s military involvement with Russia in Ukraine operates at several levels. Cubans found on a windswept Russian army shooting range seem highly motivated fighting men.

But "hours later", Cuba's foreign ministry said Havana's "unequivocal" position was to oppose any involvement. "Cuba is not part of the war in Ukraine," it said in a statement.

We forgot how we felt in 1962 about the possibility of Russian missiles in Cuba. Moreover, a Ukraine in NATO could well mean NATO missiles 300 miles from Moscow. Mr.

Cuba is “not part of the war in Ukraine,” the foreign ministry’s statement said. Cuba has been a close ally of Russia since the Cuban Revolution in 1959.

At the end of May, Ukraine used long-range attack drones to strike Russia's strategic early warning radar sites. These radars were designed to detect incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.

For months, hundreds of Cubans have quietly left the island to fight for Russia in its war in Ukraine, chasing promises of money and Russian citizenship from shadowy online recruiters, family ...