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 ...

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.

FADEL: Now, Cuba has made it very publicly clear, at least tried to say, that they have nothing to do with the war in Ukraine, that they had nothing to do with these recruits of Cubans to go fight ...

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.

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

Russian military helmets are exhibited on Khreshchatyk Street on August 23, 2023, in Kyiv, Ukraine. Russia has suffered high losses in 18 months of combat in Ukraine.

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 ...