CNN —After decades of somewhat distant relations, Russia and Cuba are working closely together again — this time, as part of Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine.
Cuba's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodriguez, and Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, meet in Havana on April 20, in a show of deepening ties between the countries.
In addition to deepened connections with Russia, Cuba has allowed China to build a secret espionage facility on the island.
Washington will respond to Russian military escalation in Cuba with its own escalating force, as it already has done with the recent deployment of a nuclear submarine.
Military escalation around Cuba is a dangerous temptation for Russia and a difficult trap for the US.
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