UKRAINIAN LEGISLATORS SEND A DECLARATION TO THE ASSEMBLY OF THE CUBAN RESISTANCE CONDEMNING THE PARTICIPATION OF FORCES AND MERCENARIES LOYAL TO THE CUBAN REGIME IN THE INVASION OF THE UKRAINE TERRITORY
MIAMI, September 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The Assembly of the Cuban Resistance released today in Miami a statement it received from 30 deputies of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) of Ukraine condemning the military support allegedly provided by the communist regime of Cuba to the Russian invasion of his homeland. Among the signatories are deputies Olena Shulyak (leader of the Servant of the People party), Oleksandr Merezhko (chairman of the Rada Committee on Foreign Relations) and Maryan Zablotskiy.
“We, the popular deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, are deeply concerned about the presence and participation of forces and mercenaries loyal to the dictatorship of the Republic of Cuba in the genocidal invasion of the territory of Ukraine,” the members stated in a statement. of the Rada. “The military component of the Republic of Cuba’s cooperation with the Putin regime is a clear signal to the free world about the threat that the Havana regime represents today.”
The deputies’ statement comes after the news that approximately 1,000 Cubans have traveled to Russia, some knowing where they were going, others not. Despite the Havana regime’s claim that these Cubans were trafficked abroad, the Ukrainian government has hacked into Russian government databases confirming the means of travel and identities of Cubans sent to Russia. This is in addition to the established presence of Cuban black berets (special paramilitary forces) receiving special training in Belarus and regular Cuban armed forces fighting for the Russian army in Ukraine.
In response to the involvement of Cuban citizens in the invasion of their country, the deputies of the Rada asked the regime in Havana to immediately cease its support for the Russian Federation. In the statement, they also “call on the international community, the European Union and the Paris Club to take all possible response measures aimed at ending economic cooperation with the Havana regime, in particular, the financing of the European institutions”.
“We praise and thank the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for standing up and denouncing this flagrant attack on their nation by the communist regime in Havana,” explained Dr. Orlando Gutiérrez-Boronat, coordinator of the Resistance Assembly. Cubana, who received the statement. “As a Cuban who is in constant contact with ordinary Cubans, it breaks my heart to know that our young soldiers are participating in the evil and destructive conflict that has claimed the lives of so many innocent Ukrainians. In particular, those who do so against their will. “I join the deputies in their call for the regime in Havana to withdraw from the conflict and for institutions such as the EU and the Paris Club to immediately cease their financial support for the regime.”
The Assembly of the Cuban Resistance echoes the call of the deputies of the Rada to the Cubans fighting in Ukraine to return home and fight for freedoms in their own country.
About the Assembly of the Cuban Resistance:
The Assembly of the Cuban Resistance is a parliament in exile, made up of a series of non-governmental organizations that work together to bring freedom to the oppressed people of Cuba.
Contact: Silvia Gutiérrez-Boronat, Directorio Democrático, silvia@directorio.org, 786-287-0775
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