Oct 6, 2025
U.S. Reports Thousands of Cuban Mercenaries Fighting in Ukraine on Russia’s Side
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6 Oct / 2025
12:44
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is mobilizing American diplomats to lobby against a United Nations resolution calling for the lifting of the decades-long trade embargo on Cuba. As one of its arguments, Washington is citing Havana’s support for Russia in its war against Ukraine.
This is stated in an internal State Department document reviewed by Reuters. ..
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WASHINGTON,
Oct 5 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration is mobilizing
U.S. diplomats to lobby against a U.N. resolution calling on Washington
to lift its decades-long embargo on Cuba, in part by sharing details of
Cuba’s support for Russia’s war in Ukraine, according to an internal
State Department cable seen by Reuters.
As part of the administration's campaign, U.S. diplomats will tell countries that the Cuban government is actively supporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine with up to 5,000 Cubans fighting alongside Moscow's forces.
The
October 2-dated unclassified cable sent to dozens of U.S. missions
directed American diplomats to urge the governments to oppose the
non-binding resolution, which has passed in the U.N. General Assembly by
wide margins year after year since 1992.
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Officials
at the Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations did not
immediately respond to a request for comment for this story.
Last year, the General Assembly adopted
the resolution with 187 countries voting in favor.
The United States
and Israel were the only countries that voted against it, while Moldova
abstained.
PLEASE NOTE: The cable said that the U.N. resolution was "incorrectly" blaming the
United States for Cuba's problems which it said were caused by Cuba's
"own corruption and incompetence."
- It added that the objective of this push was to demonstrate the administration's opposition, significantly reducing the number of "yes" votes.
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