A Russian television report showed the preparation received by the special brigades of theRevolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) from Cuba, known as “black wasps”.
The almost 40-minute long material was broadcast by the channelZvezda_live13, whose reporter traveled to Cuba to record images of the training and training received by this elite corps of the Cuban army.
“Few people have seen them, but many have heard of them; In this edition, we will talk about one of the most closed and little-known special forces in the world: the united special mobile brigade of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba,” indicated the Russian television channel on its social networks.
In the words of the reporter, the “black wasps” are capable of carrying out “acts of sabotage in enemy territory.”
The emphasis on this military capacity of the Cuban army once again puts it in the foregroundthe Russian interest in demonstrating its alliance with the troops led by Minister Álvaro López Miera, in a context of worsening Russia's conflict with the Western powers overinvasion of ukraine.
90 miles from the United States,Cuba continues to strengthen its military cooperation with Russia while tension grows between both opposing powers in the Ukrainian war scenario. He also does it in an ostensible waywith the allied regime of Belarus, led by the autocratAlexander Lukashenko.
At the end of the year, it was known that the Russian president,Vladimir Putin, could transfer "smart" cruise missiles to Cuba and Venezuela, with a range of up to 2,500 kilometers, targeting important infrastructure facilities on US soil in case of emergency, according to the Kremlin spokesmanVictor Baranets.
The intention to highlight the ability to carry out acts of sabotage in enemy territory leaves in the air the question of whether Russian war propaganda is looking for a new Cuban vein with which to threaten the United States, in this case the possibility that Cuban special troops can infiltrate their territory to attack strategic objectives.
“A distinctive feature of this special unit is the ability to fight without machine guns, body armor, helmets and even without shoes. Like yogis, they can walk on barbed wire with bare feet and can hide in underground hiding places for weeks without coming to the surface,” applauded the Russian television report.
In addition, the material showed the abilities of the “black wasps” to camouflage themselves in the tropics, deploy in mountainous areas, cross minefields and other practices typical of movie ninjas.
At the beginning of last December,the channelStarshowed the secret tunnels where the Cuban regime keeps its military equipment on the island.
In a report published in its program 'Military Acceptance', the underground labyrinths of the island were shown, with "endless avenues hidden in the thickness of artificial caves."
The Russian war propaganda apparatus refers more and more frequently to military cooperation with Cuba. All this at a time whenthe presence of Cuban mercenaries in Ukraine Cubans' concern is increasing over possible secret agreements between Havana and Moscow in relation to that conflict.
At the end of last September, the digital portalrepresorescubanos.com revealed that the colonelMonica Milián Gómez, military, naval and air attaché of the Cuban Embassy in Moscow and spokesperson in Russia for the FAR, had been identified as thehigh Cuban officer who would be behind the recruitment of Cuban mercenaries for the war in Ukraine.
In mid-July,A training ship of the Russian Navy arrived at the port of Havana while the regime protestedto the presence of a nuclear submarine of the United States Navy (US Navy) at the Guantánamo Naval Base.
A month before,Putin decorated Minister López Miera for contributing to the "strengthening" of military collaboration between both countries.
"Cuban friends confirmed their attitude towards our country, even demonstrated their full understanding of the reasons for launching the military operation in Ukraine," said the Russian Minister of Defense,Sergei Shoigu, at the reception in Moscow of his Cuban counterpart.
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