Putin seeks new Cuba showdown as Ukraine offensives falter

By sending naval ships to the Caribbean Sea Russia is trying to “exert its power” says, Latin America and the Caribbean correspondent, Stephen Gibbs. This follows just weeks after the Cuban president visited Moscow to reinforce his support of Putin.
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[@ff8ff7]

An old frigate, an old sub, a tug boat and an oiler. The only thing newsworthy about this is that only one tug boat was sent.

[@xman1533]

Don't forget they work and have precision Florida is within range

[@TenylegMinekez-uc7co]

The frigate is not old.

[@Kodakcompactdisc]

@@xman1533 did you not see they’re russian ships which means they most probably don’t work. Not without a tug boat anyway 😂

[@brianlowe3529]

@@Kodakcompactdisc Kodak went broke .

[@Kodakcompactdisc]

@@brianlowe3529 what, when?

[@paulmitchell5349]

Both Russian and Chinese nuclear armed subs have been sitting off the USA coast for the last 20 years anyway. Crisis what crisis .

[@tomw.6757]

The Russian ones are especially easy to spot considering they run on coal.

[@GeorgesDupont-do8pe]

@@tomw.6757 Not oars? Well, you learn something every day.

[@ajsmith2697]

Yea but American subs know exactly where they are 😮😊

[@quarkybill]

It's just show. Four boats. What a grand flotilla. The Ukranians are sending ships like these to the bottom of the Black Sea with less than gun running launches.

[@YUDNSAY]

@@quarkybill Projection.

[@paulnewsome6289]

At least Russia didn't send it's one and only ancient aircraft carrier to Cuba. Oh, yeah, that'a right, it's in the dry dock again getting a refit.

[@ravenguard1495]

They are not even refitting it right now, it is simply staying there, I guess they gave up on it😂

[@DesmondWright-fn4hd]

Stop fooling yourselves! Russia is AI savvy!

[@Vladimirthetiny]

@@DesmondWright-fn4hd Savvy enough to use a US webhost 🤣🤣🤣

[@herbtapp3031]

Finally, the Russia navy has a safe space from Ukraine's drone attacks.

[@dpelpal]

_Russia has a navy left?!_ 🤣

[@t1n4444]

​@@dpelpal Well, now, until the USN drones find them. Anything can happen in that Bermuda Triangle ...

[@dpelpal]

@@t1n4444 More likely that one of their ships will break down and the US will have to save all the sailors on board. Then they will refuse to return to Rusha and hide in the US lol

[@NefetariMoonRay]

NOT NECESSARILY.

[@railworker8058]

Exactly

[@nicholascazmay2126]

They sent a sub, a frigate, and a tug boat when one inevitably breaks down. Consider me thoroughly unworried - this is not a Cuban missile crisis 2.0.

[@stephensuddick2557]

Those ships are just avoiding the fatal environment of the Black Sea for some R&R in the fabulous vacation spot of Cuba. They are just adorable.

[@dpelpal]

I hope they don't spill oil or dump sewage in the area. That's the thing to actually be afraid of lol

[@WilliamHiwell]

@@dpelpalthe real situation is the nukes on board all Fun and games but when they fire the nuke the world wee know is over

[@dpelpal]

@@WilliamHiwell you do realize the world is now laughing at Rusha, right?😂

[@NefetariMoonRay]

IS THE BLACK SEA FATAL FOR THE RUSSIAN SHIPS THEN?

[@dpelpal]

@@NefetariMoonRay You mean "The Ukrainian controlled Black Sea"🤗

[@LR-jk2jk]

Please don't make me laugh with your 'missile crisis' and 'showdown' clickbait. This is a non-event, just russia trying (and failing) to look scary.

[@dpelpal]

You have to wonder if they realize people in the US just laugh at them lol

[@WilliamHiwell]

@@dpelpalfools laugh when in fear

[@dpelpal]

@@WilliamHiwell You realize most Americans dont even know Russia exists, right?😂

[@robertshiell887]

@@WilliamHiwellOr when they think that something is funny.

[@ChrisCole-i9o]

If Cuba thinks it’s okay for Russia to invade and annex Ukraine, surely they could have no objection to an American invasion and annexation of Cuba. 😏

[@dpelpal]

We don't want Cuba lol

[@alexgonzalez8904]

For what old chevys

[@dpelpal]

@@alexgonzalez8904 Those Chevy's are actually pretty cool lol

[@WilliamHiwell]

Dude American is the cause of most trouble in this world that’s a fact

[@berndgrabitz]

Cuba has no choice but to say or do whatever Putin wants.

[@tomw.6757]

The "warships" are powered by Chinese motorcycle engines.

[@ronaldmcrae4896]

😂

[@MostHigh777]

So the net effect of this is that Cuba's chances of ever getting US sanctions lifted are now between 0 and none.

[@MG-fr3tn]

Can you imagine what would happen if you did the opposite. Good bye Castro, hello plasma tv.

[@classesanytime]

They're used to it now, they don't care! BRICS XL has more to offer than the US anyway!

[@hereweare9096]

With BRICS now I play I don’t think Cuba will worry. Probably aligning themselves with BRICS nations.

[@balthiersgirl2658]

It was zero anyway so hypocrisy

[@sphsmith3400]

​@@MG-fr3tn The US is still bullying.

[@richardbayer5702]

The Russian ships do not cause me ANY concern. They make me yawn. 🥱

[@dpelpal]

I think most of the world just laughs at Rusha now lol

[@rouz0]

Go listen to Kennedy speech. Maybe you learned something. Thankfully rest of the world is not as idiot as u

[@aprillacroix4446]

They had to run away before you Ukraine sunk them! Laugh out loud

[@taisendelta6761]

Ikr. Squealing about NATO and America all the time. You don’t see us crying about them using African mercenaries, and saying stuff like “Africans are attacking Ukraine! Blame all of Africa!” 🤣

[@StandTallTx]

@@michaelmullins3396cry more, orc.

[@dpelpal]

Russia's show of -force- _farce._ 🤭

[@sphsmith3400]

With missiles that America doesn't have

[@dpelpal]

​@@sphsmith3400I think most ppl laugh at Rusha😂

[@gfan83]

@@dpelpal that laugh will help them alot during nuclear strikes and radiation wich will follow after. or mabe someone will try to laugh under water

[@davidshanahan5134]

Good thing they sent a tug - Russian Navy won't leave home without it.

[@dpelpal]

Either that or they'll beg the US Navy to help them when they get in trouble lol. Russia on Wednesday: _We nook you! Oh yessss! We hate America!_ Russia on Thursday: Please help our navy ship, it is sinking off the coast of North Carolina😔

[@josephcelestine1945]

You sound like you never matured. You living with mom or something?

[@josephcelestine1945]

@@dpelpalSpoken like a true pacifist who’s never seen any action in their lives 😂

[@pat8988]

@@josephcelestine1945 I can see that the truth really bothers you...

[@josephcelestine1945]

@@pat8988 we acting out a few good men now? You can’t handle the Truth! 😂😂😂

[@ronaldmcrae4896]

"Cuba Showdown"? Anyone who witnessed the Cuban Missile Crisis as I did, knows how utterly laughable this is.

[@richardevans3084]

Meanwhile Ukrainian Drone Boats are arriving in Key West👍🏼💪🏽🇺🇦🇬🇧

[@dpelpal]

I would pay good money to see that. As if the world isn't already belly laughing at the Rushin' "military". If their military can even be called such any more lol

[@سعدحسنعبداللهرهود]

Zzzzzzzzzz❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@voice.of.reason]

@@dpelpal You keep telling yourself that meanwhile those who are smart will be in their bunkers

[@dpelpal]

@@voice.of.reason Cringe lol. You do realize the entire planet is laughing at Rusha' lol

[@thor9563]

Salva Ukrainyyy!

[@robertpatrick3350]

Making a fuss will only please the little man in Moscow, he’s trying to intimidate the west like the USSR attempted, yet russia only has a fraction of their capabilities…..

[@dpelpal]

I wonder if Rushins' realize they're being laughed at 🤣

[@WilliamHiwell]

@@dpelpalI wonder if you will run for cover when the nukes go off

[@tomw.6757]

He can't really be so delusional that he thinks Americans will even notice. Those that do will laugh. Nobody will be intimidated.

[@davidshanahan5134]

@@tomw.6757 He is delusional - most Russians are. They long for glory days that will never return.

[@NefetariMoonRay]

HIS OTHER MISSILE CRUISER HAS JUST BLOWN UP BY ITSELF BECAUSE IT WAS OLD SOVIET STOCK. AND HAD WAS GAS VOLATILE IN ITS TURBINE.

[@shedlight1639]

So what? Ships sailing on the sea. Calm down.

[@galacticambitions1277]

He wants to smoke some good cigars as he watches his fleet go down.

[@dpelpal]

Theyre hiding the ships from Ukrainians lol

[@dpelpal]

Rusha' needed to hide the ships so Ukrainian couldn't sink them😂

[@WilliamHiwell]

@@dpelpalhaha but here they are in the us backyard

[@dpelpal]

@@WilliamHiwell Yeah, America will likely have to end up saving them when one of the ships sinks. Then the Rushns' on board will refuse to leave the US and want asylum like all the other Rushins.

[@2hotflavored666]

​@@WilliamHiwellSo? The US isn't at war with ruzzia and the US has no reason to sink it as it would be a complete waste of US resources 😂

[@amberowens3244]

Cuba gave it's men over for the Orcs meatgrinder in Ukraine. They care nothing for their citizens' well-being. Incredibly sad.

[@briancarno8837]

kinda like Ukraine cares nothing for its citizens dying in a US proxy war..?

[@dpelpal]

When will Russia realize they're being laughed at😂

[@briancarno8837]

@@dpelpal laughed at by who..? all the delegates at st perersburg? all the countries who have joined BRICS..? the 12 new countries that want to join BRICS..?

[@rogerphelps9939]

@@briancarno8837 BRICS is inconsequential.

[@jodu626]

not really. the russians can deliver nukes from international waters anyway. the fact there’s a few boats in cuba is neither here nor there. similar to them moving their nukes to belarus. makes no difference

[@OnkelKarl-ro5uk]

Yes, it's just symbolic sabre-rattling. Russia is desperate.

[@MeMe-mq4zu]

You can't fire nukes that don't work as one ex russian general said

[@jodu626]

@@MeMe-mq4zu they’ve got 5,500 nukes. if 10 of them work we are done

[@barriewilliams4526]

@@jodu626 And, the West have none🙃

[@dpelpal]

@@jodu626 Most people are just laughing at Rusha' 🤣

[@mariushusejacobsen3221]

Imagine holding out a steak in front of a pack of dogs. The only reason they're only sitting looking at you is their discipline.

[@dpelpal]

The Russian military is no longer considered a near peer adversary. In other words, the US military does not consider them a threat.

[@ryansauchuk7290]

Oh no 4 Russian ships its too bad the US doesn't have a navy

[@dpelpal]

The US will likely have to go and help them when one of the ships sinks or flails about lol

[@InfinityHS]

@@dpelpalright

[@InfinityHS]

@@dpelpalsame with China literally

[@stephenmuir5030]

@@dpelpal That's probably why one of the four ships is a tug ... "just in case"!

[@dpelpal]

@@stephenmuir5030 Yeah unless the tug breaks down too lol.

[@tw6711]

Khuylo is literally relying 1960's tactics.....at least it matches their tanks

[@richardm4825]

Nonsensical click bait title.

[@DacianRider]

oh yeah.... yeeaaah! I'm sure ruzzia is there just to smoke some cigars and get a tan... no blackmail or other vile plans involved. AHA !

[@johnlangevin708]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha... Hope they don't sink.

[@NefetariMoonRay]

IF STATIONERY THEN HE CAN GIVE ME ALL OF HIS ONBOARD STOCK. ALTHOUGH I WOULDNT NEED WHAT EVER HE HAS .

[@johnr2111]

Us navy busy getting beat by the houthies hahaha

[@johnlangevin708]

@@johnr2111 How is your Black Flee Fleet doing Comrade ??

[@makoskos100]

Poor Puttin 😂

[@Handcraftedrock]

It is not the little destroyer or an ancient sub that worries me. It is the barge and a tug boat that make 50 percent of the Russian fleet. Is that some kind of a trick?

[@ckminton8090]

Everyone screaming "Cuban missile crisis" must be dumb af. Its noting like the missile crisis not even remotely close to it.

[@plebius]

What misleading title.

[@WilliamHiwell]

This is a fake news site full of lies

[@WS-zd4jz]

Russian military showing up in Cuba isn't going to do much for tourism.

[@BobBuilder-mq9wr]

Or have the oppersite effect and everyone is curious

[@voice.of.reason]

@@BobBuilder-mq9wr I'm going there now this has happened

[@RayHaffenden]

Not even close to the Cuban missile crisis! The cold war era Russian Fleet is no match for the U.S. Navy

[@organizer14]

A brilliant action to help US neocons understand how it FEELS not to allow a buffer zone (red line) such as Taiwan as buffer for China. And Ukraine as buffer for Russia. Hope US will get the point to respect the need for buffer zones so not to be at the doorstep of China or Russia.

[@JayDeeChannel]

This is a big nothingburger.

[@voice.of.reason]

Its Times Radio, they put out at least 2 BS stories about Russia every day

[@suriyasrisa-an3081]

Hope their weldings have improved somewhat since Kursk sub construction.

[@UpChuckTheBoogie]

Putin looks weak

[@dpelpal]

Rushin' military is a total joke lol

[@voice.of.reason]

You keep telling yourself that meanwhile those who are smart will be in their bunkers

[@CindySorenson-r4m]

Borloff: "Hey Yurgi, where you wanna go on vacation this year?" Yurgi: "How about Cuba? You know how much our friends over in the West all love it so much whenever we do that(inaudible hysterical laughter)!"

[@exiletsj2570]

Cold War 2.0? How boring.

[@smoketinytom]

Any Crew that will fail to return after any shore leave?

[@BillyMcFarland-v7n]

Cheers for giving context to this

[@sugoidessho]

Clickbait title. It's not a crisis and Putler isn't seeking a showdown with the US in Cuba. Just posturing as a friendly visit. And ruZZia doesn't have many friends left in the world. Warships from the West visit friendly nations around the world all the time. No big deal. Just some R&R for the orc sailors.

[@lga9046]

The world loves using Cuba in its games.

[@dpelpal]

World also loves laughing at Rushins lol

[@memirandawong]

It wasn't all that long ago when the Variag, the Russian sister ship to the Moskva pulled up to to the dock in San Francisco. Very close to my house and I was afforded a very good closeup view of the ship and crew heading into town.

[@lancemaleski6077]

Maybe Russia is ensuring it can respond to a nuclear attack by NATO ? Didn’t NATO just have a drill, a simulation of a nuclear attack on Russia? Under those circumstances (if true) Russia’s response seems reasonable.

[@rupertcortes3980]

The Cuban Missile Crisis part 2 or the new?

[@ahmednur9383]

America 🇺🇸 has base in Philippine 🇵🇭Poland & now in Ukraine 🇺🇦private military but Russia 🇷🇺 &!Chinese army can not do the same 😂😂😂😂

[@phbrinsden]

We really aren’t taking any notice of this small “fleet” here in the US. It barely makes local news. Meanwhile a US sub has arrived at Guantanamo bay. The US coastguard is keeping an eye on them and the USN has no doubt taken the opportunity to pick up sonar data on the sub.

[@BoxcarWillie42]

How tough would it be to "liberate" Cuba 😈

[@chetpomeroy1399]

Kennedy agreed not to do that in order to end the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, although there were battlefield nuclear weapons remaining on the island of Cuba after Khrushchev removed those Soviet nuclear missile bases. Today, that island nation is no threat to the U.S.A.

[@BoxcarWillie42]

@@chetpomeroy1399 no threat - until the Kremlin mafia moves into the neighborhood. Do you actually trust the Kremlin? Even Russians dont trust the Kremlin 🤣

[@hauer54]

The Russian Canoe Club... the reputation of the Russian Navy is rock-bottom! 😂

[@catherinemeakes9234]

That sends message no holidays in the Caribbean

[@billbezzant3033]

Curiously poor audio from the Times Host?

[@captainsalty9022]

The last time Russia came to Cuba, it didn’t really turn out well for Cuba.

[@RogerYelverton-kr6hb]

There is on thing Russia can't do is send their floating museum they call an aircraft carrier to Cuba 😂😂😂😢😢😅😅

[@vsvs3871]

You laugh is first. But he who laughs last laughs best.

[@Wandjina104]

What crisis? A few ships and a submarine. There is no crisis. Only media noise.

[@livingtribunal4110]

Senator Lindsay Graham: "Trillions of dollars of natural resources available within Ukraine...that WE can't allow Russia to get" The Collective West: "WE must help/save Ukraine! It´s a Sovereign Country! Uphold Democracy! "

[@anglosaxonbreed]

Would usa let it dock if it had nuclear missiles on board. I dont think so. The Russian must have give usa some guarantee that no nuclear missiles on board.USA could not take the RISK

[@dpelpal]

I think most Americans are just laughing at Russia nowadays😂

[@stenalacydrick6059]

Rusia is not faltering, land is still being snatched

[@supernick2072]

The ships have been going for years...

[@oleopathic]

Cubans are driving Ladas. Lol. OK. Better than driving Teslas, right?

[@MatthewGilling]

Gotta feel for the cubans played on all sides 😐

[@dpelpal]

I think they're playing Rusha, really.

[@raydeemed]

​@@dpelpal russia has been there for them for the longest time, and definitely than you after all 😂😂😂😂

[@dpelpal]

@@raydeemed That's probably why cuba is such a dump lol. They turned into a dump like Rusha

[@nunyabusiness863]

Nah the Cuban govt has, for decades been, not just communist but to the point of being very anti American despite the fact that it needs a new economic model. Its current model, like many of the brics+ nations is....blame the United States. The us does not sanction food or medicine, so its current place is the fault of its dictator like govt. Other carribean do not have the economic disaster of Cuba, nor the issue with the us that cuba does, despite their govts not liking us policy. There are blackouts in the capital for hours a day. Imagine what the rest of the nation is like.

[@nunyabusiness863]

But you're right. We shouldn't lose compassion for the Cuban people. Sad.

[@turbo08500]

These English are so confident why don't they go get Putin and leave Americans out of it? Not a red cent for Ukraine or Israel until America looks like Dubai and the foreigners are out.

[@dbrownss1480]

As an American....i couldnt care leas. Weve seen what the vaunted Russian Navy us capable of, providing an excellent base for coral

[@dpelpal]

The Russian navy is now the joke of the world😂😂😂

[@TenylegMinekez-uc7co]

To be honest against the new threats US Navy is defenseless, too. You could be sure that the navy guys are thinking hard to avoid similar losses in a war scenario.

[@jameshatchett8095]

I remember the original Cuban missile crisis and this isn’t anything like that.

[@Tomwhite-gj4dp]

Just ignore their ships - you notice they sent a tugboat with them - Russia trying to look tough while thousands die in Ukraine -

[@benitoscamelos5630]

US would be quite dumb to allow Russia to unload nuclear missiles in Cuba. Obviously this is bad timing and a provocation. Nothing wrong if they had good intentions like bringing food to Cuba.

[@chris-vn6sw]

Ironic they take along a tug boat ! Speaks volumes 🤣🤣

[@JOHNPoST-y4u]

This is freedom of the seas. There is no problem.

[@kizzmiaz]

A tug boat, an icebreaker and a submarine. After what Ukrainian did to the Black Sea Fleet with RC toy boats I doubt the US Navy is crapping its pants.

[@jeffbrown5675]

Once again America trembles at Russian military might.

[@zipperpillow]

This fleet is offering well-paying jobs to Cubans in scenic Ukraine.

[@zipperpillow]

Cuba requested this fleet to help tow it further away from the U.S.

[@zipperpillow]

The Russian fleet just needed a place to empty their toilets.

[@stevencharnock9271]

I wonder how many sailors will go AWOL ? that's assuming they are allowed shore leave.

[@lubega001]

I believe president Trump is bow realises his mistake when rescinded president Barack Obama's reset with Cuba. We wouldn't have experienced something like this because Cuba would have been an ally who would not jeopardise their good relationships with the US. IT'S UNFORTUNATE that Mr. Trump's lack of vision is getting us here.

[@simongarrettmusic]

his continued existence is "unfortunate" for all humans

[@tonyarcoraci1336]

The orange clown ex-prez, now convicted felon, tried to undo everything that Obama was able to accomplish, simply out of spite.

[@elliottnunez1057]

@@simongarrettmusic No yours

[@GeorgesDupont-do8pe]

You *think* he has a lack of vision 'cos you can't see it.

[@steverunciman3514]

This video has been up for 17 hours and no-one at Times Radio has noticed the horrendous spelling mistake.

[@ohyeh845]

The biggest worry is what's on the accompanying oil ship. For nuclear powered ships!!!???

[@russellclement8338]

No he doesn't Esther hes set up to lose his entire NAVY in any 24 hour period of his choosing

[@HelenBellen123]

The headlines on this channel are getting very Jeremy Vile.

[@percyshaddock8673]

This is not even close to the missile crisis of '62 - I was n/the U.S. Army then, we went on ALERT, but this isn't IT😮😊

[@LyndaWalker-e7c]

Does make me a little nervous. Being I’m a Florida resident.

[@alrent2992]

Free Julian Assage!

[@1drummer172]

Nope.

[@denillefleming2942]

They also brought their own tug boat incase they break down 😂😂😂😂

[@bluesteele2235]

Lets hope the russians stay there permanently

[@hastekulvaati9681]

I’m worried about that tug boat, could get snagged in a net.

[@robertkavanaugh5536]

It is hardly a crisis unless you make it so......

[@sophiasbear69]

so what?

[@efanshel]

I think both the US and Cuba have dropped the ball- The least we should be able to do is have the same relationship we are having with Vietnam. The most ideal discussion is to invite Cuba and Puerto Rico to become the 51st and 52nd states...

[@GeorgesDupont-do8pe]

Excuse me, but as proud Brit who's had enough of its government and the EU, I plead that you consider the UK first. Thanks for your consideration.

[@jcmarkalegre6204]

Chinese display of flexing muscles!

[@f0xixtaiail2000]

Not an issue!

[@michaelTesfai4]

Pls note the sanction since 1960s by America.

[@stenalacydrick6059]

Sanctions until there will be nobody to sanction. Sanctioned will trade among themselves

[@bizzfo]

Summary. Some Russian ships went to Cuba. They might go to Venezuela after that.

[@Travis_22]

This is not news.

[@TomatoFettuccini]

Let's not allow the hyperbole to get to frantic, shall we? The mighty flotilla consists of a total of 4 ships: a frigate that displaces 4500 tons; a submarine with a crew of 64; a tugboat; and a tanker ship. While the first two are modern, newly-built ships undoubtedly carrying Russia's most modern Kalibr, Oniks, and Zircon cruise missiles, there are only two of them, they have a complement of a few dozen missiles between them, US missile defenses have already been combat-tested and proven capable of dealing with them, and Guantanamo Bay's entire reason for existence is this very situation: early warning of Russian nonsense from Cuba. This is the equivalent of the schoolyard bully raising his fist at the kid in the playground who constantly demonstrates that they're not afraid or about to be intimidated and are quite capable of not just defending themself, but absolutely destroying the bully if they wanted to. This is nothing new. This is just Putin moving nukes into Belarus. ICBMs already have the capability of hitting the US from Russian territory, and have been able to do so for 60+ years. There is a word for this and in this case the literal definition is perfect: Showboating.

[@davidbanner6230]

This is certainly a demostration of Russian desperation to temp the US into reacring, then they can say it justifies their attaing Ukaine over waniting to berak away....

[@zoom777]

Tell us what you smoke 😂😂😂

[@theylied1776]

U.S. weapons developers (Raytheon) are thrilled that Russia is in Cuba. They get to test their new equipment.

[@InfinityHS]

I used to think they were evil when I was younger. Now I know America needs them to keep the war supporters crying online and in the dirt in real life.

[@briancarno8837]

thats the one that makes a fortune out of wars...right..?

[@theylied1776]

@@briancarno8837 That's one of them, but Raytheon is not even in the top three. Raytheon is thrilled over this because they're the world leader in sonar, radar, and lidar. They get to test their new equipment on the Russian submarine.

[@briancarno8837]

@@theylied1776 I bet they are even more thrilled by how much they are making in the Ukrainian conflict...you think that might be part of the reason the US wanted the Ukrainian war so much?

[@theylied1776]

@@briancarno8837 when the war in Ukraine started there was a military contractor, a drone missile maker who created swarming drones. And they also had a small drone called a switchblade. The lead drone would Target the tank or troop carrier with a laser and the rest would simply attack. They were designed to attack tanks and troop carriers from above. They were very successful.

[@bugstomper4670]

It seems longer than ten minutes.

[@crose7412]

I presume Turkey won't let these vessels into the Black Sea through the Dardanelles Straits once they've finished their exercises near Cuba?

[@gregash7683]

A friendly visit with war ships. Talk about asking for trouble. This is NOT 1962 (and I remember those times well) but a visit of questionable value unless Putin thinks its too distant for Ukrainian aqua-drones. Those sailors who venture ashore will discover Havana is no longer a socialist paradise. The ships might have to wait in line for overpriced fuel from Venezuela, before returning to a bleak port in northern Russia. It is all a dangerous escapade for a once blue water navy that seldom ventures out of port. Better hope there are no major breakdowns, as the Cubans are experts on fixing old Chevy's but have little interest in repairing an old soviet ship engines.

[@olorin4317]

He probably should have sent the Black Sea fleet.

[@dpelpal]

_There's still a Black Sea Fleet left?!_

[@tomw.6757]

BOTH tugboats?😅

[@captainhadd0ck]

Putler sends a few rusty boats to Cuba. Are we meant to be scared? 🤡🤡🤡