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Russia Recruits Thousands of Cubans as Mercenaries in Ukraine, but Their Impact Remains Limited, Says Ukrainian Intelligence
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Russia recruits thousands of Cubans as mercenaries in Ukraine, but their impact remains limited, says Ukrainian intelligence
Russian military officials have recruited between 10,000 and 15,000 mercenaries from Cuba to join its forces in the war against Ukraine, according to Ukrainian military intelligence. The Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry says these Cuban nationals have signed contracts to serve in the Russian army. But most of these mercenaries were lured by deception or through other means, said GUR representative Andrii Cherniak…
Ukrainian intelligence stressed that the main goal of recruiting Cubans is that it was not military Russia that recruited up to 15,000 Cuban citizens for the war against Ukraine. But the main goal of such actions by the enemy is not military, but propaganda. According to RBC-Ukraine, Andriy Chernyak, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, said this in a comment to Donbass Realities. Read also…
More than a thousand Cubans have been identified who have signed contracts with the Russian army, the real number may be higher.
Ukraine does not regard Cuban mercenaries as a separate military force, noted Andrei Cherniac
The GUR emphasizes that the Kremlin uses thousands of foreign mercenaries primarily as a propaganda tool to demonstrate ostensible international support for its aggression.
Between 10,000 and 15,000 Cubans are fighting on Russia's side in the war with Ukraine, according to Andriy Chernyak of Ukrainian military intelligence. Ukrainian intelligence does not consider Cuban mercenaries a significant force capable of influencing the course of the Russian invasion.
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