Russia sent warships and aircraft to the Caribbean for exercises
Russia is moving ships and aircraft to the Caribbean. They will take part in military exercises in the coming weeks as part of Moscow’s response to Washington’s support for Kyiv. Western media reported this with reference to American officials.
According to informed sources, in this way the Russian authorities want to “unsettle the United States” and influence the domestic audience. They indicated that one of Russia’s challenges is to show that it is “still capable of some level of global projection of power.”
Russian ships will remain in the region until the end of summer
It is assumed that the Russian ships will stop in Cuba and Venezuela, and after combat training they will remain in the region until the end of the summer. In the fall, ships may take part in another exercise.
Photo: Andrey Luzik / press service of the Northern Fleet / TASS
At the same time, the United States, off whose coast the maneuvers will take place, does not view them as a threat. Although Moscow did not warn Washington about its plans, the White House is not showing alarm. It notes that Russia sent ships to the Western Hemisphere every year from 2013 to 2020.
Last year, Washington was afraid of Russian ships near Alaska
In the summer of 2023, ships of the Russian Navy and the Chinese Navy conducted joint patrols in the Pacific Ocean. Then the sailors practiced sailing as part of various formations, organizing all types of defense of the detachment, replenishing water and fuel reserves on the move, as well as solving anti-submarine missions and flying deck helicopters with takeoffs and landings on ships.
In response, the United States sent several destroyers to monitor the movements of Russian and Chinese ships off the coast of Alaska. Experts from The Wall Street Journal noted that the flotilla of the two states was the largest “ever approaching American shores.”
Photo: Alexander Galperin / RIA Novosti
According to ex-adviser to the head of the Pentagon, Colonel Douglas McGregor, Russian and Chinese ships approaching the shores of Alaska frightened Washington.
In his opinion, fleet exercises near American waters were a signal to the States. “That they too can do what we’ve been doing for years. We are sailing into someone else’s territorial waters or moving along their borders,” McGregor said, citing the example of the presence of US warships in the Taiwan Strait.
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