A short video has been leaked on social networks showing a young Cuban in a Russian army trench in Ukraine.
Inform Napalm shared the audiovisual with a text ensuring that the images demonstrate the presence of Cuban mercenaries in the Russian trenches in Ukrainian territory.
"Cuban mercenaries appeared at the positions of the Russian troops, who signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation through the Military Commissariat of Tula and other cities," says the text accompanying the video on Telegram.
These events show the contradiction between the reality on the ground and the statements of the ruler Miguel Díaz-Canel, who in Octoberdenied Cuba's involvement in the war conflict.
However, the Cuban president admitted the existence of a clandestine network hiring citizens of the island for the Russian front in the war in Ukraine, which clashes with the image of neutrality that the regime wants to project.
The leak of audiovisual material reveals Cuban fighters in Russian positions, dancing and showing Slavic language skills.
These videos come from groups likeInform Napalm andCyber Resistance, who have revealed recruitment and hiring practices of Cubans by Russia, exposing the processes carried out in cities like Tula.
The hiring of Cubans involves the payment of sums of around $2,000 per month to each mercenary, a significantly lower figure compared to what was offered to the mobilized Russians.
According to this data, hundreds of Cubans would have been recruited, with long lists of people with newly issued passports who were drawn into the conflict that broke out in February 2022.
AndRussian senior military officer, confirmed on condition of anonymity that there are many young Cubans participating in the war. He assured that they come in search of economic improvements for their lives, but some "disappear" and then their relatives look for them without understanding that they have probably died.
The Cuban government's actions to dismantle trafficking and mercenarism networks have been refuted by constant revelations of new groups of Cubans joining Russian forces.
The situation has generated controversy and debate, especially in the context of official statements that deny any form of complicity with the war actions in Ukraine.
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