Russian defense ministry denies bombers in Cuba

Ilshat Baichurin, spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, has denied Russia is considering basing strategic bomber aircraft in Cuba, AFP reports.

“We regard these sorts of reports from anonymous sources as disinformation,” Baichurin is quoted as saying in RIA Novosti.

Baichurin was referring to an article published Monday in the Izvestia daily citing an anonymous military source as saying that Moscow was considering sending bombers to Cuba in retaliation for the US plans, as reported by RIA Novosti.

He suggested the report could have been spread by foreign countries building military bases and installations around Russia, an apparent allusion to US plans to build elements of a missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic.

Moscow does not plan to build bases threatening other states, he said.

“Russia, out of its peace-loving policies, does not build military bases along the borders of other states,” RIA Novosti quoted Baichurin as saying.

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