HAVANA- The Russian nuclear-powered submarine “Kazan” left the port of Havana on Monday, where it remained anchored for five days in full view of Havana residents, while a US nuclear submersible arrived on Thursday at the Guantanamo naval base.
Shortly before 10:00 local morning, the large black shell of “Kazan” crossed the mouth of Havana Bay to sail towards the open sea, followed half an hour later by the frigate “Almirante Gorshkov”, while the oil tanker “Pashin” was making exit maneuvers.
The Russian flotilla, which also includes the rescue tug “Nikolai Chiker”, arrived in the Cuban capital on Wednesday amid great expectations from the inhabitants, who came to the port to see a nuclear submarine with their own eyes.
The unusual Russian deployment just 150 kilometers off the Florida coast comes amid growing tensions over the war in Ukraine, a country that has the support of the West in its fight against a Russian invasion.
Dictator Miguel Díaz-Canel visited the Russian submarine and frigate over the weekend. On his
On Thursday the fast attack submarine “USS Helena” arrived in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, “as part of a supposed routine port visit, the Pentagon reported.
“Monitoring”
The United States military assured that it closely monitors the presence of the Russian ships, but that they do not pose a direct threat.
Additionally, the Canadian ship “Margaret Brooke” arrived in Cuba on Friday and is scheduled to leave the island this Monday.
During the Cold War, the deployment of Soviet nuclear missiles on the island triggered the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, when the United States and Russia were on the verge of going to war.
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FOUNTAIN: AFP
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