[Global Network Reporter Jiang Ailing] According to Reuters, on the 11th local time, the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs refuted the claim that the United States identified Cuban troops as fighting in Ukraine, denouncing it as groundless.

On the 5th of this month, Reuters said it had seen an internal U.S. State Department cable showing that the Trump administration was mobilizing U.S. diplomats to lobby against a United Nations resolution that called on the United States to lift the decades-old embargo on Cuba. As part of its lobbying campaign, the United States will disclose to other countries relevant details of its so-called "Cuba's support for Russia's actions against Ukraine," saying that as many as 5000 Cubans are fighting side by side with Russian troops.

In a statement, the Cuban Foreign Ministry said: ¡°Cuba is not a party to the armed conflict in Ukraine and has not sent military personnel to Ukraine or any other country.¡±

The statement also acknowledged that Cuba did not know how many its own nationals were involved in the conflict, but said that Cuba ¡°has consistently adopted a ¡®zero tolerance¡¯ policy on mercenary behavior, human trafficking and citizens¡¯ involvement in other countries¡¯ armed conflicts.¡±

In addition, the Cuban government has made public for the first time the information of legal proceedings against Cuban mercenaries engaged in mercenary activities in Eastern Europe.The statement disclosed that over the past two years, the courts have accepted nine criminal proceedings involving mercenary crimes involving a total of 40 defendants; some cases have been sentenced and sentenced to years to more than ten years in prison, while others are still pending or awaiting trial.

In 1962, the United States imposed an economic, financial and trade embargo on Cuba.In January 2021, the United States included Cuba on the list of "supportive countries to terrorism."From 1992, the United Nations General Assembly voted annually on draft resolutions calling for the lifting of the blockade by the United States, with overwhelming international support for years.