The Kremlin says two military planes carrying 88 tonnes of aid are en route to Cuba
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Russia has sent a shipment of coronavirus-related humanitarian assistance to Cuba, including one million medical masks, the defence ministry said on Saturday, adding President Vladimir Putin had given instructions for the aid.
Two military planes carrying 88 tonnes of aid - including food and personal protective equipment, including more than one million medical masks, departed from an airfield near Moscow on Saturday, the defence ministry said in a statement.“On the instructions of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, military transport aircraft are delivering humanitarian aid to the Republic of Cuba,” the ministry said.
The Cuban government has blamed the protests mostly on what it calls U.S.-financed “counter-revolutionaries” exploiting economic hardship caused by decades-old U.S. embargo. Government critics say the island’s economic woes are caused largely by the inefficiencies of the state-run system. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has blamed the U.S. embargo for fomenting the unrest in Cuba.
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