Russia denies recruitment of Cubans for the war in Ukraine

Pese a las pruebas aportadas por el gobierno cubano, tras la detención de al menos 17 personas ligadas al reclutamiento de cubanos para la guerra rusa en Ucrania, y las declaraciones de varios cubanos en el frente, altos jefes del gobierno de Vladímir Putin, negaron este viernes, 8 de septiembre, estos informes.

El primer vicepresidente del Comité de Asuntos Internacionales de la Duma Estatal, Alexei Chepa, dijo a NEWS.ru, that “the reports about the recruitment of Cubans to participate in the Northern Military District on Russia's side are false.” This authority indicated that he did not rule out that Cuban citizens could “self-organize in chat rooms” to “help” Russia in this fight.

"Lo más probable es que esto sea falso (…) En todo el mundo hay un enorme trabajo de reclutamiento para el ejército ucraniano. ¿Dónde has oído hablar de esto, para que alguien haga un escándalo? No reclutamos a nadie. Pero la gente, tal vez, se organiza y habla en chats. Todas las embajadas de Ucrania en todos los países reclutan mercenarios para el ejército ucraniano, de eso no se habla”, señaló Chepa, restándole importancia a los reclutamientos de cubanos.

Russia denies recruiting Cubans for the war

The Russian parliamentarian insisted that they do not have a policy of "recruiting mercenaries" although citizens from "some countries" offer their help to Russia in the form of military service, but the Russian Federation does not recruit from abroad.

"I go to some countries, I meet people, they come and tell me: "Listen, we have a large number of people who want to help Russia." I say: "Help us, support us, we are very happy." They say: "No, hey, you don't understand me, we want to serve for money." I say: "No, we don't have that," concluded the official.

In the middle of this week, authorities from the Ministry of the Interior (Minint) of the Cuban government stated in an official investigation, who were currently detained on the island, 17 people linked to the alleged criminal network that traffics Cubans to fight as "mercenaries" in Russia's war against Ukraine.