Russian warships depart Cuba following five-day visit for military drills

A fleet of Russian warships left Cuba on Monday, after it completed a series of military drills in international waters off the coast of Cuba's capital city of Havana.

Russia sent the Admiral Gorshkov frigate and the Kazan nuclear-powered submarine to Cuba for the military demonstrations last week. The military drills are considered routine, but come at a time of heightened tension between the U.S. and Russia, over the latter's war with Ukraine. U.S. officials last week said they were monitoring the Russian ships but they have not posed a threat.

It is not clear where the ships are going to next, but officials said they could make a stop in Venezuela, or in the Caribbean, before going back to Russia later this year. Although the warships have not posed a threat to the U.S. so far, the U.S. docked a nuclear-capable submarine in Guantanamo Bay last week.

The fleet's exit comes after the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the ships successfully conducted military drills in the Atlantic Ocean, according to the Associated Press, by demonstrating that they could attack an enemy ship via missiles from 375 miles away.

The Russian ships are expected to remain in the area throughout the summer.

Misty Severi is an evening news reporter for Just the News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.