The colonelMonica Milián Gómez, military, naval and air attaché of theCuban Embassy in Moscow and spokesperson in Russia for the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR), has been identified as the senior Cuban officer who would be behind the recruitment ofCuban mercenaries for the war in Ukraine.
The digital portalrepresorescubanos.com reveals that Milián Gómez "is the spokeswoman in Russia for the Minister ofRevolutionary Armed Forces (FAR), Army Corps General Álvaro López Miera, and the intermediary for the strengthening of military ties between Havana and Moscow announced by Russian officials since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, and sealed with the visit of López Miera to the Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu, in June 2023.”
The information specifies that “the first sign of closer cooperation between the armed forces of both countries is the “proven presence of at least 200 Cubans with military training involved in the war against Ukraine.”
The note adds that the regime "washed its hands" regarding the presence of Cubans in the war, and reduced it "to a human trafficking scheme."
"According to Ukrainian intelligence sources, the recruitment network was coordinated by the Russian government with the colonel of the Cuban army and military attaché at the Cuban embassy in Moscow, Mónica Milián Gómez," concludes the aforementioned portal.
Represores.com It is part of a project sponsored byFoundation for Human Rights in Cuba (FHRC, Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba).
Among its purposes is to identify, investigate and collect information on military (MININT/MINFAR), paramilitaries (Rapid Action Brigades) or Cuban administrative officials at various levels who exercise repression against citizens in Cuba, Venezuela and other countries, including arbitrary detentions, beatings and physical or mental torture, threats and coercion among other abuses.
Cuban mercenaries in Ukraine
After the first revelations that confirmed the presence of Cuban mercenaries hired by the Russian Army, Havana remained silent until September 4, when the regime assured in a statement that it was working to dismantle a human trafficking network dedicated to transporting Cuban citizens to the conflict. as well as to recruit others who already resided in Russia. The regimearrested almost twenty people related to the recruitment of mercenaries.
Days later the deputy Alexey Chepa, first vice-chairman of the International Affairs Committee of the State Duma (Lower House of the Federal Assembly of Russia, or Parliament), indicated in statements collected by therussian press whatThe reports about the recruitment of Cubans were false and that they do not recruit anyone but that Cubans can organize through social networks.
However, an article published last week in the digital mediaThe Intercept revealed thatMajor of the Russian Army, Anton Valentinovich Perevozchikov He had in his possession 122 scanned passports of Cubans recruited at the headquarters of the Russian Armed Forces in the city of Tula.
Hackers handed over to Ukrainian agencyInformNapalm evidence of the recruitment, training and transfer to Russia of entire units ofabout 199 Cubans to participate in the war. At the moment it is unknown what decision the Russian and Cuban authorities will take in relation to these citizens.
Recently, an officer of the Revolutionary Armed Forces who claimed to be in Russia contradicted the Cuban regime's statements about a “human trafficking network,” and assured thatThe 90 Cubans under his command left the island with the full knowledge of the authorities.
Meanwhile, relatives in Cuba of some of the young Cubans recruited for the war say they are desperate and have no information about their loved ones.
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