Russia sending warships to Caribbean for naval exercise
(CNS): Russia plans to send combat vessels into the Caribbean region this summer as part of naval exercises that will likely include port calls in Cuba and possibly stops in Venezuela, a senior US official said Wednesday, according to reports on Reuters. The United States said it didn’t see the move involving a relatively small number of vessels and planes as threatening, but the US Navy will monitor the exercises, the official told reporters.
The US has been tracking Russian warships and aircraft that are expected to arrive in this region in the coming weeks for the military exercise in a show of force as tensions rise over Western military support for Ukraine. US officials described the planned exercises as notable but not concerning and are expected to involve just a “handful” of Russian ships and support vessels.
This is not the first time Russia has sent its ships to the Caribbean. However, this exercise is taking place after Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that Moscow might take steps around the world to arm other nations in response to US President Joe Biden’s recent decision to allow Ukraine to use the weapons provided by the Americans to strike inside Russia to protect Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city.
The officials, who spoke to reporters on the condition of anonymity, said they believed the exercise is “certainly” part of a broader Russian response to the US support for Ukraine, but it also is an effort by Putin to show that his navy is still capable of global power projection after losing several ships to Ukrainian strikes.
According to the Moscow Times, Russia’s defence ministry has not publicly announced plans to hold naval exercises in the Caribbean Sea in the coming weeks.
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No Bangers n Vodka party in the port??
This “show of force” could be for the benefit of the Donald Trump juggernaut Trojan Horse Deception.
He may rapidly assume power and defuse the situation granting him messiah-like status.
God help us all.
I’ve taken a screenshot just in case.
Of course, I want to be wrong but there are still deluded people on this planet who surprisingly think that politics are real.
Either that or they know the horrible truth and want to perpetrate the deception.
Trust me, people believe whole heartedly that their vote matter.
Hope they stay long enough to get lick by a storm.
Come ya mek me fling two big rock at ya rass. I done sharpen my ironwood spear too.
🇰🇾+🇬🇧==== 👊🏾 Thank God were not Independent. God save theKing !
Ha – Brittania waives the rules and thats about it!
Don’t worry, they’re probably coming to give all the Trump people here a big hug.
what could the Ruskies possibly accomplish in the Caribbean? Invade a country?
Well now the shoe is on the other foot. Lets see how the US reacts to what will inevitably be termed as provocation.
Fear not, for the regiment shall protect us.
in 1978 the USS Salinan (ATF 161) shadowed a Russian submarine, destroyer and their supply ship in the Gulf of Mexico over the Christmas holidays. We got so close to St Petersburg Florida that we could see the lights from the hotels. This is nothing new.
I wonder how many tugs they’ve got travelling with them for when they break down. Their one aircraft carrier never leaves port without one!
Time for Jamaica to relocate
Can they drop sausages and borscht off here?
What exactly do they want with our belly buttons?
It’s all theatre. Their show of force is unsurmountable to Ukraine forces. Yawn, rusty boats cruising nothing more.
boys will be boys showing off their bravado and violence and drama all in the name of their supernatural being and their country. Gangsters all of them
Ease up on the rum
There’s a reason they are bringing along a tug.
Not so sure. The ships themselves are not much of a threat, but Putin recent speech about Russia arming enemies of the West in retaliation for the US and Europe allowing Ukraine to use Western supplied munitions on targets in side Russia makes you wonder what the real objective is. If the fleet decided o drop off its Kalibre and Zircon missiles in Havana it wouldn’t be very funny.
My guess is that they are just Putin on a show to flex their muscles.
A little advice. Give it some more thought next time, no point Russian in to your jokes.
Stop talking ship.
Better not bring any plastic straws with them.
You do realize how stupid of an argument it is to fight for plastic straws or plastic of any sort? This world isn’t going to be very hospitable soon. I pray for the young kids growing up to this disaster we’ve created.
you think prayer eill help clean up the mess?
Butchering the English language. Check.
Inability to spot sarcasm. Check.
American?
Move to Scotland. All will be well.
I want you to look around yourself and see everything that is made from plastic and imagine what you would use if plastic wasn’t available.
You need to walk before you can run. How stupid of you; just because it will have a small influence it should not be done? Lets take many, many small steps – they all will help.
Sense of humour clearly out of order with this one 😂
It’s not the ships or peripheral support craft which concern me; it’s the subs that are hidden beneath them.
There’s a bunker in East End, time to hide!
Don’t need it. Got caves. Do you have caves?
Does Vic’s Bar count?
Yes, absolutely does. Any place that is dark and damp where people gather to hide from the horrors of the world. That’s a cave.
Quick activate the radar dome!
We need more Russian shipwrecks for diving In cayman. One kittiwake is boring. It bring more divers:)
Share the encoded directions to that bunker.
Last time they came they sank the Carrie Lee!
The flotilla includes one of Russias newest nuclear powered cruise missile carrying subs. Mind you, given the Russian navy’s performance in the Black Sea and the state of their surface fleet , it probably not that much of a threat.
If the Russians and Cubans want to cause max trouble for Uncle Joe and Don the Con, they just need to do another Mariela style boat lift and drop off half the Cuban population to a beach in Central America.
Where’s the Jolly Roger pirate ship 🏴☠️ 🛶 when we need it!!!
There’s some cannons and cannonballs in George Town that should be stationed in North Side and East End shores. Coconuts work as well. Hurry There is no time to waste 🐢
I mean, I read it, sounded funny but my mouth didn’t smile.
my mouth actually did smile to this comment, because my reaction was the same.
haha..
Coconuts, sure, but only as a flaming trebuchet.
who isn’t afraid of being hit by a flaming coconut?
Not me.
Good thing there are plenty guns on the island to protect yourself.
More use than our coastguard, who can’t even stop canoes.