REUTERS/Juan Medina/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsHAVANA, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Cuba has uncovered a human trafficking ring that coerced its citizens to fight for Russia in the war in Ukraine, its foreign ministry said, adding that Cuban authorities were working to "neutralize and dismantle" the network.
It was not immediately clear if the Cuban foreign ministry statement was associated with the Ryazan report.
The defense ministers of Cuba and Russia earlier this year discussed the development of joint "technical military" projects at a meeting in Moscow.
"Cuba is not part of the war in Ukraine," the foreign ministry said late on Monday.
Cuba said it had already begun prosecuting cases in which its citizens had been coerced into fighting in Ukraine.
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