{"id":2022627,"date":"2023-09-05T19:00:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T23:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuba-says-it-busted-russian-op-to-recruit-for-war-in-ukraine-not-everyone-is-convinced\/"},"modified":"2023-09-05T19:02:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T23:02:09","slug":"cuba-says-it-busted-russian-op-to-recruit-for-war-in-ukraine-not-everyone-is-convinced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuba-says-it-busted-russian-op-to-recruit-for-war-in-ukraine-not-everyone-is-convinced\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba claims to have foiled Russian plot to recruit for Ukraine war, skepticism remains."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcuba-says-it-busted-russian-op-to-recruit-for-war-in-ukraine-not-everyone-is-convinced%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2022627&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Cuba Uncovers Alleged Russian Operation to Enlist Citizens for Ukraine War<\/h2>\n<p>Cuba&#8217;s government claims to have \u2062uncovered a Russian\u2062 operation to enlist its citizens to fight in the\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ukraine-russia-war\">war in Ukraine<\/a>, but \u200dnot everyone is convinced Havana is being honest.<\/p>\n<p>A release from the Caribbean \u2063nation said criminal\u2063 proceedings are underway in an effort to dismantle the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/france-accuses-uk-of-running-a-quasi-modern-slavery-economy-for-illegal-migrants\/\" title=\"France Accuses UK of Running a \u2018Quasi-Modern Slavery\u2019 Economy for Illegal Migrants\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">human trafficking<\/a> network<\/a> for military recruiting \u2064purposes.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement from the\u200b country\u2019s Foreign Ministry said the operation targeted Cuban citizens living in Russia as well as in Cuba.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCuba plays no role in the war in Ukraine,\u201d the statement said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/09\/05\/1197617372\/cuba-dismantles-human-trafficking-ring-recruiting-for-russias-war-in-ukraine\">according to NPR<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is acting and will act vigorously \u200dagainst whoever,\u200c from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nine-million-boosterless-french-could-lose-vax-pass-on-february-15-minister\/\" title=\"Nine Million Boosterless French Could Lose Vax Pass on February 15 - Minister\">national territory<\/a>, participates in any form of human trafficking for the purposes \u200dof recruitment \u2064of mercenaries \u200bso that Cuban\u2063 citizens use \u200cweapons against any country,\u201d\u2064 it added.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s\u200d government \u2064did not appear\u200c to immediately issue a reaction to\u2063 Cuba\u2019s \u200dstatement.<\/p>\n<p>But Yaroslav Trofimov, the chief \u2064foreign affairs correspondent \u2064of \u200dThe Wall Street Journal, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yarotrof\/status\/1698997433890435119\">pointed out on X<\/a> that\u200d a \u2064Russian news article\u2064 from Ryazan said \u201cseveral Cubans signed up to join the Russian armed forces in May, some of \u200dthem in hopes \u200bof \u200bacquiring Russian\u2062 citizenship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The journalist\u200c also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yarotrof\/status\/1698997433890435119\">reacted<\/a> to Cuba\u2019s announcement by calling\u2064 it an \u201cunusual step to go so public against Moscow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), <a href=\"https:\/\/gimenez.house.gov\/about\">a Cuban-American<\/a>, expressed skepticism about the statement during \u2063a Tuesday appearance on CNN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a little bit cynical \u200dabout \u2063it, because there\u2019s also reports that the Cuban government actually signed \u200bsome kind of\u200c deal with the Russian government \u200cto\u2063 send Cuban soldiers over\u2063 to\u2064 Russia \u200bto fight in Ukraine,\u201d the congressman said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8On <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CNN<\/a>:  The Communist\u2063 regime in\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cuba?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cuba<\/a>\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddfa has continued to prop-up \u2063&#038; support Putin\u2019s murderous war against the people of \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ukraine?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ukraine<\/a>\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6.<\/p>\n<p>Communist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cuba?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cuba<\/a> has been sending mercenaries to Putin\u2019s Russia for\u2063 months\u2014 Havana isn\u2019t\u200c fooling anyone\u2064 with their latest stunt! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mDgpBRBKbt\">pic.twitter.com\/mDgpBRBKbt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2062 Rep. Carlos A. Gimenez (@RepCarlos) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepCarlos\/status\/1699116215942144041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September \u200d5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAnd just like they did with \u2014 are they doing\u200b with their \u200bdoctors, they\u2019re going \u2064to pocket about 80 percent\u200c to 90 percent of the money,\u2063 it\u2019s like $2,000 \u2062a \u200dmonth per soldier,\u200c so that it helps \u200bthe Cuban government,\u201d Gimenez added. \u201cAnd so, yea, I\u2019m a\u2064 little bit cynical about the announcement. It is \u2062the first \u2063of its \u2063kind\u200b though I have \u200cever heard of it,\u2062 but\u200d I sincerely doubt that they\u2019re sincere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There have been Western intelligence and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/russia-targets-neighbour-kazakhstan-with-army-recruitment-ads-2023-08-03\/\">media reports<\/a> in the\u200b past\u2063 about how Russia has \u200bbeen recruiting foreigners \u200band migrants for its war in Ukraine that \u200bhas lasted now\u2064 for more than a year\u200b and a half.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRussia likely\u2063 wishes to avoid further <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuba-says-it-busted-russian-op-to-recruit-for-war-in-ukraine-not-everyone-is-convinced\/\" title=\"Cuba claims to have foiled Russian plot to recruit for Ukraine war, skepticism remains.\">unpopular domestic mobilization measures<\/a> in the run\u2062 up to the 2024 \u200cPresidential \u2064elections,\u201d the\u200d corporate\u200b news \u200bchannel of the United Kingdom\u2019s Ministry of Defence <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DefenceHQ\/status\/1698212159715459238\">said<\/a> \u200din a recent intelligence update.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/kim-jong-un-expected-to-meet-with-putin-for-weapons-talks-reports\">word \u2064got \u2063out<\/a> that U.S. \u200bofficials believe North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may soon meet with Russian\u200b President \u200cVladimir Putin \u200cfor\u200b negotiations on weapons that could impact the Ukraine \u2063conflict.<\/p>\n<p>National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Tuesday that\u2062 North Korea \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YWNReporter\/status\/1699116077936959514\">will \u2064pay a price<\/a>\u201d if it\u200b provides arms \u200cto\u2062 Russia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Cuba&#8217;s government states that they have discovered a Russian scheme to recruit Cuban citizens for the war in Ukraine. However, doubts arise regarding the credibility of Havana&#8217;s claims. The government has initiated legal actions to dismantle the human trafficking network involved in military recruitment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2022628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2022627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2022627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2022627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2022627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2022628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2022627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2022627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2022627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}