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Posted on February 26, 2026
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Russia labeled a Cuba speedboat incident an 'aggressive provocation' by the U.S. after Cuban forces killed four and wounded six near its coast. The U.S. says it is investigating independently.
MOSCOW, Feb 26 (Reuters) - 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.
(Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Anastasia Teterevleva; editing by Guy Faulconbridge and Raju Gopalakrishnan)
Russia condemned a deadly Cuba speedboat incident as an aggressive U.S. provocation after Cuban forces reported killing four and wounding six near its northern coast.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the event was an aggressive provocation aimed at escalating tensions and triggering a conflict.
Cuban officials say a Florida-registered speedboat entered Cuban waters and exchanged fire with a patrol, leaving four dead and six injured, with investigations ongoing.
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