Moscow: Russia dispatched nearly 100 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Cuba, the defence ministry said Saturday, following unprecedented street protests over the communist country’s worst economic crisis in decades.
The delivery directly ordered by President Vladimir Putin, it said.
Two An-124 cargo planes carrying more than 88 tonnes of humanitarian support took off from a military airport near Moscow, a statement said.
The cargo included "food, personal protective equipment and more than one million medical masks," it said. The United States this week imposed sanctions on Cuba’s defence minister and a special forces unit for quashing peaceful protests.
President Joe Biden warned the measure was "just the beginning" of punitive measures against Havana.
On July 11 and 12, thousands of Cubans took to the streets in 40 cities shouting "Freedom," "Down with the dictatorship," and "We’re hungry."
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