Russia continues hiring Cuban mercenaries for war in Ukraine: New list comes to light

At least 59Cuban mercenaries More have arrived in Russian territory in recent weeks to sign a contract and three of them are already in active service as part of the army, as revealed this Monday by the digital media.Inform Napalm citing as sourcehackers Ukrainians from the groupCyber Resistance.

In a detailed article, the aforementioned mediashowed evidence that proves the hiring of more Cuban mercenaries by the Russian Armed Forcesin the war against Ukraine, which would refute the statements of the Cuban authorities about the “blockade” of the mercenary supply channel to Russia.

Cyber Resistance obtained andpublic thephotographs of the passports of almost 60 more Cubans who arrived in the Russian city of Tula between August 25 and September 29to sign a contract.

Of them, at least 11 passed through the military registration and enlistment office indate after the Cuban authorities announced the arrest of participants in the scheme and the alleged closure of the mercenary supply channel.

Thehackers ofCyber Resistance They confirmed that at least three new Cuban mercenaries are already in service. The rest could be in the final registration process and in the contract signing stage.

"We do not see any measures taken by the Cuban Government to really fight against mercenaries and attempts to bring participants to justice. The Cuban Government does not even block the channels for transferring funds to established mercenaries. There is also no evidence yet that Cuba has initiated criminal proceedings against already identified mercenaries," he observed.Inform Napalm.

"Consequently, when the Cuban ambassador in Moscow said thatHis Government was not opposed to the participation of its citizens in the war against Ukraine, was probably more outspoken than the Cuban Foreign Ministry, whichwas quick to refute this claim"added the digital medium.

In addition to the passport photos of the almost 60 new mercenaries, the aforementioned source accompanied its article with several images from the social networks of some of those recruited, among them Yasser Alejandro Paneque López, 19 years old and a native of Havana, who published inInstagram On September 21, a photo of his boarding pass for flight number 556 on the Varadero-Moscow route of the Russian airline Nordwind Airlines.

According to the aforementioned source, Paneque serves alongside other recruited Cubans at the permanent deployment point of the 106th Airborne Division of the Russian Armed Forces.Inform Napalm He claims that this division is gradually becoming Russia's "international legion."

"Any political decision must have consequences, and if Cuba does not block the flow of mercenaries to Russia who sign contracts with the Russian Armed Forces to fight against Ukraine, then a reaction from the world community must follow. Therefore, we draw attention to these latest facts and evidence of the recruitment of Cubans into the ranks of the Russian army," the aforementioned media concluded.

Some weeks agoInform Napalm exposed theidentity of another 200 recruited Cuban mercenaries in the ranks of the Russian Armed Forces by Anton Perevozchikov, military commissar of Tula.

At the beginning of October, President Vladimir Putin's press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, refused to talk about the case of Cuban soldiers recruited to participate in the war in Ukraine, and alleged that this issue was within the jurisdiction of the military and that the Kremlin did not deals with such matters.

The spokesperson added that Moscow supports dialogue with Havana in all areas, including the military, a comment that coincided with that of the Russian ambassador in Cuba, who stated that both governments are in talks to clarify the case of the Cubans who would have been recruited.

The case of the Cuban mercenaries was uncovered aftertwo families on the island reported that their children had been deceived by a woman who contacted them on Facebook and upon arriving in Russia enrolled them in the war.

Under pressure from these revelations, the Cuban Foreign Ministry issued a statement rejecting any form of participation in the invasion of Ukraine and emphasized that mercenarism is a crime in the country. After the scandal, the Cuban regime said that its security agencies had dismantled an illegal network that involved 17 people and that allegedly recruited Cubans to participate in the military operation in Ukraine on the side of Russian troops.