2023-09-14 18:48:00
An unidentified Cubanmember of the contingent of mercenaries hired by the Russian Armed Forces for the invasion of Ukraine, was detained in the front area by kyiv fighterswho would have taken him to the area under their control.
According to the Telegram channel in Spanish “Ukraine news 24 hours”, “An operation was carried out and a Cuban was captured within the territory of Ukraine. “He was apparently in an outpost of the Russian Army.”
Hey boy, what a great gentleman!
This is how they take the first Cuban captured in Ukraine as a prisoner of war along with an invading Russian soldier. His rights will be respected but it is worth asking why, how and why did he come from Cuba to Russia to invade a sovereign country? pic.twitter.com/47zkUGhfgl— Bolívar Battalion (@EsResistencia) September 14, 2023
That report offered no other details. However, the so-called Bolívar Battalion, made up of citizens of Venezuela and other nationalities, especially from Latin America, who fight with the Ukrainian Army, shared on Twitter a video of the alleged Cuban mercenary, tied and blindfolded, while he was transported in a vehicle.
The rules of war in Ukraine prescribe that Citizens of foreign countries captured on combat missions under the command of invading Russian troops are court-martialed and shot.
This report is the first of this nature since days ago the existence of dozens of Cubans hired as mercenaries by Russia became known.
Just a week ago the Ukrainian hacker collective “Cyber Resistance” disclosed the identity of 189 Cuban mercenaries hired by the Russian Army and participating in the invasion of Ukraine.
According to the publication Inform Napalmwhich received the files, the hacker group penetrated the computer of Russian Major Anton Valentinovich Perevozchikov, who since May 2023 has been in charge of the military recruitment office in the city of Tula, located 156 kilometers south of Moscow.
Dozens of Cubans would be stationed in that city, whose personal information is stored by Perevozchikov on the hacked computer in the form of photos of the data page of their passports, with which they entered Russia by air.
From the examination of the leaked passports, the age range of the Island’s mercenaries stood out: The oldest of all is Elder Luis González, a 68-year-old Cuban. The youngest, Yoender Raúl Mena Álvarez-Bouilla, turned 18 last March.
The Cuban mercenaries in Tula come from 15 provinces of the Island, although 81 of the 189 are from Havana. They are followed by the capital Villa Clara, with 29 men; Santiago de Cuba (21); Guantanamo (11); Holguín and Pinar del Río (nine each); Las Tunas (eight); Granma (seven); Camagüey, Ciego de Ávila and Matanzas (three each); Cienfuegos (two), and Mayabeque, Isla de la Juventud and Sancti Spíritus (with one, respectively).
According to the hackers, All those identified arrived in Russia between last July and August in groups of between ten and 30 people. and they disembarked at the Moscow-Sheremetyevo International Airport, the busiest in Russia.
In the annex to the contract they signed with the Russian Army, also leaked, it can be seen that, in addition to compensation payments to the family of each mercenary in case of death or injury, they have a single payment of 195,000 rubles (1979 dollars) upon signing a contract for a period of one year or more, as well as a monthly salary of 204,000 rubles ($2,071) while in the so-called “special military operation” zone, which is the Kremlin’s euphemism for his military invasion of Ukraine.
In addition, the contractor is offered the possibility of quick purchase of housing at the expense of the Russian Ministry of Defense through the system of accumulation and mortgage loans; a service or rental compensation home; free examinations, treatment and rehabilitation in military medical institutions; life and health insurance at the expense of the federal budget; and the right to a preferential pension following 20 years of service.
According to Ukrainian hackers, The portrait of the average Cuban who goes to war shows that they mostly have a low social status and a large family.
“Cyber Resistance” also identified Cuban emigrants who have been in Russia for the longest time and decided to join the ranks of the Army to obtain income and their immigration regularization.
According to the Ukrainian hackers, their analysis of the collected information “did not confirm any deep connection between these people before recruitment. It cannot be said that they are convicts, or ex-military. (…) The only thing that unites the majority is poverty.”
But, warn Inform Napalmgetting rich in war is impossible and if the Russian Defense Ministry “abandons its own people, what can we expect from penniless foreigners?”
All information obtained by the hackers, including the names and photos of the Cuban mercenaries, was transferred to the Ukrainian Intelligence agencies. “We will try to bring to justice all those who support the facilitation of mercenaries to carry out aggression once morest Ukraine”they end.
Judging by the complaints made days ago by two young people from the island who claimed to have been taken to Russia under deception, and the statements of other Cubans to the Florida television channel América Tevé, There are groups with dozens of these mercenaries also in Kazan.
This same Thursday, Julio Antonio Garmendía Peña, ambassador of the Cuban regime in Moscow, assured that Havana is not opposed to the participation of its citizens in the New World Order, a euphemism with which the Kremlin calls its invasion of Ukraine.
In statements to the RIA Novosti agency, the diplomat indicated that the above is accepted by his Government as long as it is done “legally.”
However, days before the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX) of the Island stated verbatim: “Cuba is not part of the war conflict in Ukraine.”
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