US Attack Sub, Canada Navy Patrol Ship Arrive in Cuba on Heels of Russian Warships

Published on June 14, 2024

HAVANA—A Canadian navy patrol ship sailed into Havana early on June 14, just hours after the United States announced a fast-attack submarine had docked at its Guantanamo naval base on Cuba, both vessels on the heels of Russian warships that arrived on the island earlier this week. The confluence of Russian, Canadian and U.S. vessels in Cuba—a Communist-ruled island nation just 160 km (100 miles) from Florida—served up a reminder of old Cold War tensions and of current fraught ties between Russia and Western nations over the Ukraine war. However, both the U.S. and Cuba have said the Russian warships pose no threat to the region. Russia has also characterized the arrival of its warships in allied Cuba as routine....