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Russia says boat incident near Cuba is an ‘aggressive provocation’ by United States, TASS reports
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Published February 26,2026
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Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (AA File Photo)
Russia’s foreign ministry spokeswoman said on Thursday that an incident with a Florida-registered speedboat off the coast of Cuba was an ‘aggressive provocation by the United States’ aimed at escalating the situation and triggering a conflict, state-owned TASS news agency reported.
Cuban forces killed four exiles and wounded six others who sailed into Cuban waters aboard a speedboat on Wednesday and opened fire on a Cuban patrol, the Cuban government said at a time of heightened tensions with the United States.
“This is an aggressive provocation by the United States aimed at escalating the situation and detonating a conflict,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova was quoted as saying by TASS.
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