‘We need each other’: Russian nuclear sub in Havana sign of strengthening ties

A Russian naval deployment docked in Havana on Wednesday for the first time since the start of the war in Ukraine. Analysts say it is a signal coming two weeks after Washington gave the Ukrainian army the green light to hit targets within Russia with US weapons. The Russian Defense Ministry released a video of the flotilla carrying out drills while approaching Cuba, and the Biden administration dispatched 3 destroyers to track the flotilla. Cubans watching said the arrival was good news. We need each other. Cuba has a geographically strategic position in the middle of the Americas. And Cuba needs Russian economic help and technology. This Russian tourist enjoying Havana's sights with his wife, agreed. I hope that the relationship between Russia and Cuba gets stronger. We have lots to offer each other. Russian tourism to Cuba has so far doubled this year as trade has increased. Cuba's position on the war in Ukraine has become more pro Russian, with Havana now supporting the invasion. Both nations, both Russia and Cuba, are subjected to unfair, arbitrary sanctions that come from originate from the same enemy, the Yankee Empire. They, Russia and Cuba, are moving closer together politically and economically. They're still not military allies. Nonetheless, analysts say that symbols like this will make any future rapprochement with the United States a lot harder. Sanctions placed on Russia since the war in Ukraine and extra sanctions placed on Cuba ever since the Trump administration are binding the erstwhile allies together.