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• 14MT Displacement
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Specifications, system overview of the hybrid drive system.

GreeNaval offers 4 different options regarding the propulsion system, depending on the customer’s needs and requirements.

Full green option / Electric motor / Hybrid system / Diesel engine

The electric propulsion systems offer a clean, green and quiet alternative to the classical motor-yachts. Sleek and assertively proportioned exterior, inviting and brightly lit interior, innovative system and modern features make GreeNaval the best hybrid motor-yacht on the market. 

Naval Yachts GreeNaval 47 was designed for large families who care for the environment and for their budgets. Naval Yachts GreeNaval 47 as a hybrid yacht, as distinct from the other hybrid boats in its class, has an electric motor. 

Naval Yachts GreeNaval 47 has  20 N.m. daily range and is able to cruise 2 hours by solar panels. In addition, thanks to DC generator, Naval Yachts GreeNaval 47 has  2.000 N.m range  with 6 knots speed.

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GN40 is a hybrid yacht designed for safe cruising. It benefits from low maintenance, manual operations and zero fuel consumption.

General specifications

• LOA 12.5 meters
• Beam 4.10 meters
• Ceiling heights 2.10 meters
• Displacement.....
• Maximum speed.....
• Accommodation.....
• 2 x 35 kW permanent magnet electric DC motors
• 15 kVA generator
• 50 kWh battery bank

Our GN40 hybrid yacht provides a spacious interior with luxury fittings. Glamour and sophistication in comfortable surroundings.

Natural sources provide the energy for the on board hot water and air conditioning. This results in a large cost saving.

The batteries will provide 20 miles of motoring daily. Pure electric and zero fuel consumption.

The solar panels will produce up to 14kW of power daily. This means the GN40 can cruise at 5 knots for an extra 2 hours. The generator is also available for recharging the batteries. It can also propel the electric motors via the service batteries.

Innovation for a greener & more economical boating experience.

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Green Catamarans

A clean and viable solution for forward-looking ship owners worldwide.

On-going developments in hydrogen technology and infrastructure are creating commercially attractive options for passenger and cargo transport industries worldwide.

By designing catamarans equipped with electro-hydrogen propulsion, our team of engineers is re-engineering the propulsion system and the vessel architecture to reduce mass, optimise energy efficiency and allow this new energy vector to be integrated on board in complete safety.

Green Navy will offer new, adaptable, efficient and environmentally friendly solutions for operators to buy or lease – fuelled by public awareness and demand.

Modular superstructure to suit your needs

What differentiates green navy is our flexibility..

The Green Navy electro-hydrogen solution is uniquely adaptable to every operator’s budget. Any PAX, CARGO or PAX/CARGO layout can be built with a carefully calculated number of batteries and hydrogen bottles depending on the needs of the end user optimising weight/autonomy and charge cycles.

Green Navy vessels will also offer an extremely advantageous ratio in terms of energy consumed, weight of vessel and distance travelled.

Specifications: Length overall: 25 m

Beam overall: 10,30 m

Construction: Aluminium 5083

Classification: Bureau Veritas ● HULL ● MACH

Power: 2x 130kW @ 3000rpm

Standard battery capacity: 2x 320 kWh

Optional battery capacity: 2x 480kWh

Maximum H2 storage: 2x 100 kg Fuel cell: 2x 70 – 100 kW

Tons of Freight

Our PAX catamaran will offer unparalleled performance in the world of new maritime energies in terms of navigational comfort, independence, and operational costs.

• Complete reduction of noise pollution and odour nuisance – an exceptional passenger experience compared to a diesel vessel.
• Simplified design – a very attractive solution for commuters and tourists.

CARGO 0 passengers / 30 tons of freight

Our CARGO catamaran will be your carbon free freight solution.

• Adaptability of hydrogen storage to the desired autonomy Useful area of 70m2 dedicated to goods.
• Accessibility to city centres in an environmentally friendly, safe and cost-effective way: a zero-emission goods transport solution, offering an alternative to congested road transport networks.

MIXED 100 passengers / 20 tons of freight

Our Mixed version is intended to transport both goods and passengers. A versatile concept,

this multi-purpose catamaran allows to adapt your activity to suit market opportunities and regional needs.

Expertise and innovation

The Merré shipyard has been a specialist in naval construction for over a century and produces Green Navy hulls in France. Merré works with the French national navy force, port authorities, shipowners and operators. The hull construction of our first catamaran in PAX configuration, named ‘Prometeo’, commenced in the third quarter of 2023.

Electro-hydrogen propulsion

Our ships will be powered by electric motors powered by NMC Lithium-ion batteries. They will carry hydrogen stored at 350 bars as a Range-Extender. The fuel cells will combine this carbon-free and renewable energy source with the oxygen present in the air to produce electricity and recharge the battery fleet. During their operation, PEM fuel cells will produce water vapor for their only emission.

Electro-hydrogen propulsion is therefore cleaner than any other motorised propulsion using fossil fuels because it does not produce greenhouse gas emissions or air pollutants. It is silent, odourless and vibration-free, and it offers superior efficiency. These major benefits make Green Navy’s electro-hydrogen propulsion better for the environment and closer to the global goal of clean and sustainable shipping.

The Green Navy solution goes much further.

Green Navy will be the first company in Europe to implement this technology on board in the context of passengers and goods which makes our catamaran unique in the marketplace.

The vessel will be supplied with green hydrogen to ensure a complete carbon-free chain. In addition, we are developing an innovative transmission system with an optimised reduction system that develops greater torque at reduced propeller rotation speed. This will improve efficiency and reduce the energy consumption of our vessels.

Our commitment to efficiency has seen us work closely with G-Sea Design on the ultimate precision of structural calculations. This has resulted in a lightweight catamaran prototype with exceptional strength and rigidity – tested in all weather conditions and in passenger/cargo/ and combined configurations.

We are designing and producing in France a clean technological vessel that is carbon-free with low energy consumption, offers full marine capacity, and is available at short notice.

Our team of engineers has optimised the propulsion system and the architecture of the vessel to reduce its mass and provide an adaptable, efficient and environmentally-friendly solution.

Our boats are powered with Green Hydrogen  derived from the electrolysis of water using renewable energy.

Impressive performance thanks to an intelligent propulsion management system:

• Range of 300km at 8.3 knots, approximately 36 sailing hours.
• Range of 244km at 9.3 knots, approximately 25 sailing hours.
• Maximum speed of 12 knots, or 14 knots on demand.

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Regardless of your desired configuration, our boats will be available for medium & long-term lease, and outright sale.

Our growing team, which already comprises 12+ dedicated, experienced and enthusiastic individuals, is available to discuss your project and build a solution to meet your needs.

Guy Saillard

Co-founder of Green Navy, Guy is a naval architect and maritime expert with 50 years of experience. He has demonstrated his commitment to carbon-free mobility by working on the design and improvement of precursor boats in this sector – in particular, the Energy Observer and the Planet Solar . We owe to him the design of the Green Navy prototype boat.

Atila Perez

Founder of Green Navy (2019), Atila Perez is committed to reducing the environmental footprint in the maritime transport sector. Born in Mexico, he has lived in France since 1999. After an early career in the catering sector, Atila is now at the helm of three Carrefour retail shops.

Grégoire Lebigot

Partner of Green Navy, Grégoire is also the Chairman and Founder of VALLAIR, a Franco-Luxembourgish group specialising in the maintenance of airliners (MRO), as well as in the recycling activities of mature aircraft, engines and aeronautical components. With a cumulative experience of 30 years in aviation, notably at Airbus and Air France, Grégoire has developed a pioneering aircraft disassembly and cargo conversion business in Europe.

Charles Cardi

Our newly appointed Chief Executive Officer. Cardi is a maritime expert with cross-functional experience and a background in electro-technical studies, he joins the organisation from UNI Bateaux in Ajaccio, Corsica, where he was responsible for all sales and charter operations of motor yachts, catamarans, trawlers and NUC passenger boats.

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GreeNaval GN47 Motor Yacht

The concept behind the Greenaval series is maximizing the comfort and efficiency while keeping its eco-friendly abilities. Greenaval' s differentiation on the electrical yacht market is given by its vast and modern furnished interiors available at a reasonable price. Sustaining both functionality and innovation, GreeNaval's main advantage is based on the material used for building the yacht, aluminum. Properly constructed, aluminum is the world's premium yacht building material combining light weight, high strength , easy workability and acceptable cost in one package. GreeNaval offers 4 different options regarding the propulsion system, depending on the customer’s needs and requirements. Full green option / Electric motor / Hybrid system / Diesel engine The electric propulsion systems offer a clean, green and quiet alternative to the classical motor-yachts. Sleek and assertively proportioned exterior, inviting and brightly lit interior, innovative system and modern features make GreeNaval the best hybrid motor-yacht on the market. GreeNaval 47 was designed for large families who care for the environment and for their budgets. GreeNaval 47 as a hybrid yacht, as distinct from the other hybrid boats in its class, has an electric motor. GreeNaval 47 has  20 N.m. daily range and is able to cruise 2 hours by solar panels. In addition, thanks to DC generator, GreeNaval 47 has 2.000 N.m range with 6 knots speed.   Classification: CE Category A Open Class Unrestricted   Naval Architect: NAVAL Studio             Exterior Styling: NAVAL Studio Interior Styling: NAVAL Studio   Dimensions     Loa: 14.30 m / 47’                    Lwl: 12.90 m / 42’                     Beam: 4.15 m / 13’                   Draft: 1 m / 3’    Air Draft: 5.35 m / 17’    Displacement: 13,000 kg / 28,660 lbs Net Tonnage: 13,000 kg / 28,660 lbs      Cruising Speed: 14.0 kts              Range: @ 7kts  2000 + Nautical Miles Fresh Water Capacity: 500 L / 132 USG Black Water Capacity:   335 L / 88.5 USG Stability: (-) CE Category A Open Class Unrestricted Compliant Max. Speed: 14 kts Fuel Capacity: 2,200 L / 581 USG Grey Water Capacity: 385 L / 101 USG   Construction   Hull and superstructure, welded aluminum with three watertight bulkheads           Hull above waterline 6 mm. below the waterline, is 10 mm plate   Double skin hull below the waterline for central 3 watertight compartments also forming water and fuel tanks. Substantial grounding plates to each shaft skeg.            16mm tempered & glazing windows       2 Bofor brand watertight aluminum doors            8 mm. aluminum deck hatches with 16 mm. laminated glass        3 access hatches for forepeak, engine room and master cabin                    Propulsion & Steering Engines: 2 x 100 kW Torqeedo AC Brushless Electric Engines               Gearbox: N/A Hybrid: Vetus wet exhaust, 3” dry stack 5” wet with combi Silencer/Water Separator         Hybrid Drive: Torqeedo Deep Blue Hybrid Inboard System 100 kW x 2 Electric Engines + 160 Kwh i3 BMW Lithium Batteries + 1x22 Kva Genset Exhaust: 2 by 30 kW @ 1000 rpm Praxis high voltage DC propulsion motors ,water glycol cooled, 96kW generation at 2300 RPM             Propeller: Fixed Pitched Bronze Propeller & Dublex Stainless Steel Shaft Bow Thrust: Vetus Brand 3 kW Electric              Steering: Vetus Brand hydraulic rudder controls                                                     Machinery        Potable Water   : Delfin water maker, Electrical Boiler                 Hvac: Webasto chiller & air handlers Fire: Sea Fire engine room automated fire suppression, Praxis detection, SW Fire suppression     Stabilizers: Sea keeper 5 Gyro Stabilizer (Optional) Platform: Hydraulic Swimming Platform (Optional)                      Generator: 22 Kva Polar Power Genset                                                   Electrical System        Batteries: 160 kWh hours i3 BMW Lithium Batteries, 2 kWh service batteries and 2x24 volt Victron starter batteries            Inverters: Victron AC/DC and DC/DC Inverters Solar Panels: Flexible Panels. 4 kWh Energy Storage                 Monitoring: Torqeedo 5 inches display, MARETRON Tank Level and Alarm System, Furuno Navigation Display                                                   Navigation Equipment Navigation: Furuno navigation software for Nav, weather, tide                 Furuno: Radar, GPS, Compass, VHF, speed, depth, trim, roll Helm: Torqeedo Twin Throttles, Furuno Displays and Controls                Maretron: Tank level sensors and fire alarm systems Helm Chair: Multi-adjust helm chair                                                                                   Deck, Anchoring, Mooring & Paravane Equipment       Anchors: Galvanized Anchor                 Windlass: Quick Brand Electric Windlass Chain: 100m galvanized            Winches: N/A Cleats: Vessel designed with 4 cleats secured through hull                                                                                     Domestic Equipment   Bosch: Cooker, fridge freezers, microwave, cooktop, washing, drying                  Toilets: Vacuflush Vacuum Generator Black & Grey: Integral Grey and Black water tanks                     Washdown: Freshwater washdown on deck                                                   Tender and Equipment            Hull: 3.5 meters RIB tender (optional)                Propulsion: Torqeedo Cruise 6.0 TorqLink 9.9 HP Outboard Engine (optional) Nav.: N/A                     Seating : N/A                                    

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Greenline Yachts: Sustainable Luxury Yachting

At the heart of Greenline Yachts lie a passionately held respect for nature and the idea of environmentally friendly sailing. Innovative solutions and efficient drive systems allow the perfect balance between comfort, safety and care for the environment

Central to Greenline Yachts’ design is the Lithium Polymer battery system, boasting high energy density and a lightweight profile, ensuring that these yachts are as efficient as they are environmentally conscious. The charging process is ingeniously managed through solar panels and the motion of the yacht itself, promoting energy independence and environmental stewardship.

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While the hybrid system represents an initial investment and adds weight, the benefits of reduced maintenance, operational simplicity, and sustainability justify the commitment. Greenline Yachts doesn’t just focus on innovation and luxury; safety is a paramount concern, with real-time monitoring systems ensuring a secure and peaceful journey.

The distinction between hybrid systems is crucial for potential buyers. Greenline’s parallel hybrid system merges the best of electric and diesel worlds, offering flexibility and efficiency without compromising on performance or comfort.

Greenline Yachts is more than a brand; it’s a movement towards sustainable, luxurious sailing, where innovation meets the open sea. With every voyage, Greenline charts a course towards a future where yachting and environmental responsibility sail hand in hand, ushering in a new era of nautical exploration.

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Green Navy unveils electro-hydrogen catamaran Prometeo for commercial passengers and cargo operators

French company Green Navy officially is presenting Europe’s first electro-hydrogen catamaran for commercial passenger and cargo activities, Prometeo, at the Monaco Sustainable & Smart Marina Rendezvous 2023 event (September 24 and 25).

Green Navy is collaborating with governments, research institutions and industry partners to showcase the advantages of hydrogen storage and fuel cell development across a range of marine applications, from regular island hopping to growing eco-tourism.

Green Navy claims to be the first company in Europe to implement this technology on board a passenger catamaran. In addition, the vessel will also be supplied with green hydrogen to ensure a complete carbon-free chain. Green Navy has also developed a transmission system with an optimized gearbox that develops greater torque at reduced speed, improving efficiency and making it easier for the crew to operate.

“Our team of engineers has reengineered the propulsion system and the vessel architecture to reduce mass and optimize energy efficiency” said Charles Cardi, CEO of Green Navy. “Green Navy offers adaptable, efficient and environmentally friendly solutions for operators to buy or lease. Prometeo is carbon-free, silent, vibration-free, odor-free, and easily maneuverable – which makes it a pleasure for crews and passengers alike.”

Production of Prometeo is already underway at Merré shipyard in Nort-sur-Erdre and transportation of the passenger catamaran’s twin hulls to the Merré shipyard in Brest is scheduled for spring 2024. The launch ceremony for this globally important vessel will take place in spring 2025.

“Our commitment to efficiency has seen us work closely with G-Sea Design on the ultimate precision of structural calculations,” Cardi continued. “This has resulted in a lightweight catamaran with exceptional strength and rigidity – tested in all weather conditions and in passenger/cargo/ and combined configurations.

“We have a clean technology vessel that is carbon-free with low energy consumption, offers full marine capacity, is made in France and available at short notice.

“Our electro-hydrogen solution is adaptable to every operator’s budget. Any size of craft can be built with a carefully calculated and optimized weight/performance ratio that dictates the number of batteries and hydrogen bottles required.”

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Top Five "Green" Yachts for Sale — Summer 2022

Posted April 8, 2022 in Brokerage & New Build by Janine St.Denis

With the technological world evolving and environmental research increasing, luxury yachting is taking steps daily to be more environmentally conscious. And there are ways to reduce your carbon footprint while on the water. With the right build, approach and crew, you can help be a part of the shift in today’s environmentally conscious luxury yacht travel. Take a look at our top picks of eco-friendly yachts for sale today.

The 131′ (39.95m) 2012 Holland Jachtbouw sailing yacht RAINBOW perfectly balances formidable sailing and eco-consciousness without sacrificing comfort or resplendence. Truly unique and of the J-Class generation, RAINBOW has received numerous awards, from Showboats Design to Naval Architecture and more. Her most recent refit was in 2016, outfitting her with the latest amenities.

With a high-performance aluminum hull, RAINBOW’s performance is immaculate. Powered by Hy-Store Li-ion batteries, a lightweight 50kw Hy-Gen variable speed generator, a 50kw main engine with an integrated flywheel generator and of course, the wind, RAINBOW is a unique sailing yacht that can charge her batteries while sailing. In doing so, she uniquely helps to offset her own carbon footprint.

RAINBOW is an exceptionally quiet vessel built for J-Class racing and comfortable cruising — an excellent option for owners looking to charter. She welcomes eight guests aboard into three gorgeous staterooms, accompanied by seven crew.

This luxury sailing yacht is listed at €6,950,000 with Yacht Broker Ann Avery and is not available for sale or charter to U.S. residents while in U.S. waters.

The 121′ (37m) custom-built luxury catamaran PHATSARA is the perfect choice for your next environmentally-conscious yacht. Built in 2012 and refitted in 2019, this gorgeous multi-hull luxury yacht was designed by the renowned Incat Crowther, with high-tech features released by High Modulus and Sikline International. PHATSARA is known for her maximum efficiency and ability to cruise secluded places thanks to her natural stability, shallow draft, and ingenious build. She can reach a top speed of 25 knots and more and cruises comfortably with a 2,000-nautical mile range at nine knots.

This magnificent catamaran prioritizes safety and comfort, allowing superior room for guests. Adaptable for private or commercial use, PHATSARA is capable of welcoming 26 guests aboard and 10 crew when classification is available. She accommodates eight guests in three sumptuous staterooms. The impressive master suite is second to none, spotlighting an en-suite bath with a digital shower and Jacuzzi.

The external deck spaces of PHATSARA are equally enticing, providing multi-purpose usage throughout. Her upper deck is the perfect place to enjoy sundowners with excellent panoramic views. Her additional deck spaces allow alfresco seating and dining where desired. PHATSARA also features ample space for a 17′ tender, other toys and even a hydraulic platform for easy access.

She is listed at $3,950,000 with Yacht Broker Martin Holmes and is not available for sale or charter to U.S. residents while in U.S. waters.

SEA VOYAGER 103

The 103′ (31.39m) concept catamaran SEA VOYAGER 103 is an incredible choice for your next eco-friendly purchase. This all-carbon catamaran is a champion of structural design, providing the utmost stability and comfort while at sea. She takes influence from revered racing and multi-hull naval architects Jerome Vollet and Marc van Peteghem, allowing her to reach up to 18 knots while under sail or power.

SEA VOYAGER 103 was curated to maximize internal living spaces on board, resulting in more than 140-square meters of cabins and comfort. Modern and luxurious, she showcases a relaxing and welcoming ambiance that complements her serene yet contemporary exterior. Between the main salon and the owner’s stateroom, SEA VOYAGER 103 provides an open space perfect for sundowners or socialization in the evening, regardless of season or climate.

This resplendent catamaran welcomes 10 guests aboard in five sumptuous staterooms with a crew of four. SEA VOYAGER has the structural design for the most efficient sailing and takes eco-friendly yachting to the next level. As a concept, buyers can enhance her eco-credentials wherever desired, giving the owner the freedom to focus on sustainability as they please.

SEA VOYAGER 103 is listed at €12,000,000 with Yacht Broker James Munn and is not available for sale or charter to U.S. residents while in U.S. waters.

WEATHER BIRD

The 101′ (31m) 1931 Chantier Navals De Normandie sailing yacht WEATHER BIRD is immaculate. Not only is she a classic sailing yacht with environmental benefits, but she’s also actually a historical figure in the yachting industry. Commissioned by Sara and Gerald Murphy, high-society Americans with a taste for luxury travel, WEATHER BIRD has been the inspiration for artwork and a host to Coco Chanel and Ernest Hemingway, among other members of society’s elite. She has maintained her enticing charm throughout her history.

Her impressive design makes WEATHER BIRD the ideal yacht for guests with a sense of adventure and exploration. She’s received numerous refits throughout the years, ensuring that she is safe, eco-friendly and in pristine condition. Like any sailing yacht, her ability to travel with the speed of the wind helps reduce her carbon footprint — however, WEATHER BIRD is unlike any other yacht.

She welcomes eight guests aboard into four classic staterooms and accommodates five crewmembers. Her interior spaces are a testament to her history, spotlighting the traditional 30s influence as if she has been frozen in time.

Ideal for a family seeking adventure or a couple looking to cruise the world in style, WEATHER BIRD’s charm is second to none.

She is listed at €3,800,000 with Yacht Broker Richard Callender .

TOO ELUSIVE

The 80′ (24.38m) 1985 Southern Ocean luxury sailing yacht TOO ELUSIVE was built to Lloyds A1+ and is an excellent choice for your next eco-friendly purchase. Curated by Doug Peterson, Jon Bannenberg and Andrew Winch, TOO ELUSIVE is pristine, high-performance and capable of sailing anywhere in the world in maximum comfort. She was meticulously refitted in 2014, where she received brand new sails, paint, rigging and additional upgrades.

This luxury yacht is ideal for an owner with children or pets, given its unique split-level salon allows secure easy access from inside to outside. She spotlights gorgeous oak detailing throughout as well as whisper-wall paneling. TOO ELUSIVE brings all aboard together in the main salon under a magnificent ambiance for on-water meals.

She welcomes six guests into three cozy cabins. In an atmosphere of resplendence, guests can relax and enjoy the embodiment of a luxury sailing yacht. Modern, yet classy, TOO ELUSIVE is the perfect choice for your next sailing cruise to the sea.

She is listed at $749,000 with Yacht Broker Brian Commette .

If you’re interested in  buying  or  selling a yacht , contact the professional team of yacht brokers at Northrop & Johnson today. As a world-leading yacht brokerage, Northrop & Johnson offers access to thousands of  luxury   yachts worldwide , including private yachts not publicly advertised for sale. From yacht sales to new construction, contact our team of  yacht brokers  to get the results you need.    

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GreeNaval 60 is a new and innovative "Aluminum Hybrid Trawler Yacht" from Turkish yacht builder Naval Yachts.

GN60, is currently the longest hybrid model offered by Naval Yachts and has 2x 370 HP Volvo Penta diesel engines and 2x 370 HP Volvo Penta electric motors. GN60 offers 16 knot cruise speed with the diesel option and can achieve 11.5 knot cruise speed with electric motors. The hybrid propulsion systems offer a clean, green, and quiet alternative to the classic motor yachts.

The upper housing and shell of the GN60 is manufactured from marine aluminum by the highly experienced Naval Yachts team which provides higher performance in each yacht delivered. She has 3 cabins, 1 full beam master amidship, 1 full-beam cabin forward, and the third generous sized cabin also amidship. The saloon provides a stunning 360-degree panoramic view. The GN 60 also has a specially designed aluminum tender.

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Sea Drone Attack on Russian Fleet Puts Focus on Expanded Ukrainian Arms

Military experts say that the apparent use of remote-controlled boats to attack Russian ships over the weekend is likely to demonstrate a new capability for Ukrainian forces.

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The small boat speeds toward a much larger ship in the distance, cutting through choppy waves and dodging gunfire, presumably from a helicopter shown hovering above. A now-viral video of its journey ends inconclusively, without showing its fate or what happened to what is suspected to be its intended target: Russia’s strategically important Black Sea Fleet.

The original source of the video and the origin of the vessel it was taken from remain unconfirmed. But military experts say they believe it to be footage from a remote-controlled attack on the Russian naval fleet off the Crimean port city of Sevastopol over the weekend — an attack that Russia said was carried by seven such boats accompanied by air drones, and has accused Ukraine of carrying out with British assistance.

Russia said that it had recovered the wreckage of sea drones used to target its fleet in Saturday’s assault and that the attack was the reason it was suspending a critical deal that had allowed for the export of grain from Ukrainian ports to help alleviate a global food crisis.

British officials have denied involvement, while Ukrainian, American and other Western officials have mostly refused to comment about the video or the attack. But the attack comes a few months after the United States, among other NATO allies, said it was supplying Ukraine with remote-controlled boats, even while, unusually, refusing to give details about that military aid.

In Washington, a Pentagon official who briefed journalists on Monday on condition he not be named said the United States had concluded that there were explosions near Russian naval vessels off the coast of Sevastopol, but declined further comment.

P.W. Singer, a specialist on 21st century warfare at the New America think-tank in Washington, said it was clear from videos on social media and other public reporting that the attacks on the Russian fleet “definitely” involved multiple remote-controlled boats and aerial drones in a complex assault that “points to higher skill levels, higher competence” by Ukrainian forces.

Ukrainian officials have not commented publicly on Saturday’s attack, in line with a policy of official ambiguity about such strikes. But if the attack is confirmed, it would be a new example of Ukrainian forces hitting sensitive Russian sites from afar and expanding its battlefield capabilities after months of accelerated military aid from Western nations.

Drone boats are not a new weapon. Some were designed more than 100 years ago, including by the Serbian-American i nventor Nikola Tesla , and used by the Germans as far back as World War I.

Yet in a conflict that may reshape modern warfare, their apparent use in Ukraine recently has galvanized military planners and intrigued experts.

The United States and its allies, which have provided extraordinary details about the flood of other weapons they have sent to Ukraine, also have refused to discuss the uncrewed vessels.

“I can promise you the damn thing works,” John Kirby, a Biden administration spokesman, told reporters on April 13 , after the United States first announced it would be sending an unspecified number of drone boats to Ukraine.

Russia’s Defense Ministry reported that the attack on Saturday morning — which it said was carried out by nine flying drones and seven on the sea — had caused “minor damage” to one of its minesweepers, the Ivan Golubets.

Other footage circulated on social media from the same day appeared to show infrared video of an attack on a different warship as well. GeoConfirmed, one of several volunteer groups that closely track battlefield movements in Ukraine, said the ship shown being attacked in that footage matched details of the Russian Navy frigate Admiral Makarov . That warship is believed to have become Russia’s flagship in the Black Sea after its warship Moskva was struck in April by Ukrainian missiles and sunk — a humiliating blow that officials said was made possible, in part, by American intelligence .

Mr. Singer, the warfare expert, said that the attack on Russia’s navy on Saturday, together with Ukraine’s sinking of the Moskva in April, was a striking accomplishment given Russia’s vast naval superiority over Ukraine, which lost most of its own navy when Moscow annexed Crimea in 2015.

“The Ukrainians, the way they took out the Moskva , these multiple attacks on the harbors — it’s not going after them the old conventional way,” Mr. Singer said in an interview on Sunday. “It’s exploiting weaknesses. And across this war itself, no one knows Russian weaknesses better than the Ukrainians,” he said. “They trained on the same systems originally, and it’s their turf.”

Weapons experts who have analyzed images of the small seacraft — described as about the size of a kayak or a torpedo — said it appeared to be the same kind of boat that washed up six weeks ago on a Sevastopol beach after an explosion off the city’s coast. At that time, analysts at NavalNews, a specialized trade journal , said the vessel appeared to be built for speed and was small enough to assure only limited radar detection.

It may also have been built as a kind of kamikaze boat, designed to crash into Russian warships — similar to the aerial drones that Ukraine and Russia each have used, with devastating effect, against ground targets. The NavalNews analysts said the shape of the small uncrewed boat suggests it could carry a warhead — potentially either an air-launched bomb or artillery shell.

Where the drone boats came from remained unconfirmed.

On Monday, the Russian state-owned station NTV repeated Moscow’s unsubstantiated claims that the attack was launched with the help of British forces, and broadcast a video clip of observers purportedly speaking in a British accent to bolster its claim. The Russian Ministry of Defense said British naval forces had been training Ukrainian troops in the Black Sea port city of Ochakiv since this summer.

In a tweet on Saturday , the British Ministry of Defense denied Moscow’s accusations as “false claims of an epic scale.”

“This invented story, says more about arguments going on inside the Russian Government than it does about the west,” the British ministry said in the post.

The British government has been helping to train and otherwise bolster Ukraine’s depleted navy since 2014, and last year it sent a destroyer, the HMS Defender, to the Black Sea near Crimea to show support for Ukraine and try to establish the idea that those waterways should be free for Ukrainian use. It was met by warning shots fired by Russian forces.

Germany said it had recently sent two surface drone boats to Ukraine and plans to send eight more. And though U.S. officials said on Sunday that the United States had not assisted with Saturday’s attack, they have been consistently vague about the remote-controlled coastal defense ships that Washington first said it would deliver in April.

“Coastal defense is something that Ukraine has repeatedly said they’re interested in,” Mr. Kirby said on April 14 . He called it “particularly an acute need now” in the Sea of Azov and the northern Black Sea.

In September, a senior NATO official described the remote-controlled boats as “torpedo-sized” but also would not discuss their capabilities or who had supplied them to Ukraine. NATO officials also did not respond to requests for comment on Monday.

It’s not clear why the remote-controlled boats would demand such a high level of secrecy, particularly given the enthusiasm that the United States and its allies have shown in discussing other weapons they have sent to Ukraine.

Some experts have described the most recent class of drone boats as still in experimental phases, including what Mr. Singer said were some recent test operations around the Arabian Peninsula .

Whatever their origins, Mr. Singer said the use of drones added a particular element of terror in the battlefield. “There is something about drones — something about the unmanned aspect of it that drives more controversy, drives more fear.”

John Ismay contributed reporting from Washington.

Lara Jakes is a foreign correspondent focused on the war in Ukraine. She has been a diplomatic and military correspondent in Washington and a war correspondent in Iraq, and has reported and edited from more than 60 countries over the last 25 years. More about Lara Jakes

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4 Russian Navy Ships Have Arrived in Cuba. But Their Visit Is More Bark Than Bite.

The truth behind the visit exposes a secretly struggling fleet.

• A flotilla of Russian Navy ships crossed the Atlantic and is now visiting Cuba.
• The visit is a show of force meant to show that the Russian military is still a credible threat to the U.S.
• A closer look at the ships, however, suggests there is less to that threat than meets the eye.

State Visit

The four ship task force departed the Kola Peninsula on May 17th, sailing across the Atlantic and arriving off the coast of Florida before entering Havana harbor. Cuba greeted the ships with a salute of cannon fire, and the ships passed fishermen and well-wishers. The warships will stay in Cuba from June 12-17 as part of “historically friendly relations” between the two countries, according to CNN .

The ships include the frigate Admiral Sergei Gorshkov , the guided missile submarine Kazan , the fleet tanker Pashin , and the tug Nikolai Chiker . The ships are part of the Northern Fleet, the largest of Russia’s four fleets. Two other fleets, the Baltic and the Black Sea Fleet, face North America. The Baltic Fleet is relatively small, and the Black Sea Fleet has taken heavy casualties in Russia’s war with Ukraine—they’ve lost ten warships , including a cruiser and a submarine, and another six have been damaged.

During the approach to Cuba, the ships sailed within the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone, or EEZ. EEZs are internationally recognized zones belonging to countries with maritime borders. The country is able to regulate economic activity in the zone—by, for example, keeping foreign fishing boats or oil rigs out—but in other respects, the regions are treated as international waters. Foreign warships can travel in and out of EEZs freely.

Unusual Makeup

Admiral Gorshkov is a Project 22350 frigate. Commissioned in 2018, Gorshkov is the lead ship of its class and one of the first Russian Navy post-Cold War designs. Construction began in 2006, but due to financial troubles, it wasn’t completed until 2018. The ship displaces 5,400 tons fully loaded, and is equipped with one 130mm rapid fire gun, 16 vertical launch missile silos (for land attack and anti-ship missiles ), 32 vertical launch silos (for Redut medium range surface to air missiles), two Palash close-in weapon systems (similar to the American Phalanx), eight anti-submarine torpedo tubes, and one Kamov Ka-27 helicopter.

Gorshkov is technically a general purpose frigate, capable of a variety of roles that include anti-surface warfare and anti-submarine warfare. A lack of long range surface to air missiles makes it marginally useful for defending other ships—such as cruisers or aircraft carriers—or ships in convoys. It is much better armed than its U.S. Navy counterparts, the Freedom and Independence -class littoral combat ships. One notable feature is the ability to carry Zircon scramjet-powered hypersonic anti-surface missiles.

Kazan (top) is a Yasen, or Project 855 guided missile submarine. The Yasen class is considered one of the most capable classes of submarines in the world. Kazan is 393 feet long, displaces 11,800 tons, and (thanks to its OK-650KPM pressurized-water nuclear reactor) can achieve speeds up to 31 knots submerged. Like all submarines, it is also equipped with torpedo tubes—in this case, ten tubes. Each of those tubes is armed with UGST-M heavyweight guided torpedoes , which are capable weapons against surface ships or other submarines.

The Project 855 submarines are designed to carry a large number of cruise missiles—specifically, the Oniks anti-ship and Kalibr land attack cruise missiles . Oniks, traveling at Mach 2.5, would be a real challenge for the surface-to-air missile defenses of enemy warships to shoot down. Kazan can also carry 32 Kalibr cruise missiles, which can carry both conventional and nuclear warheads. This triggered concerns in the U.S. government that Kazan and its sister ships could launch a decapitation strike against Washington D.C. and other strategic targets, their low-altitude flight profile evading detection until it was too late.

Pashin , or Akademik Pashin , is a fleet oiler designed to replenish other ships at sea. Pashin, commissioned in 2020, is the newest ship in the flotilla. It displaces 14,000 tons fully loaded with 9,000 tons of diesel fuel and is unarmed.

The seagoing rescue tugboat Nikolai Chiker is one of the hardest working ships in the Russian Navy. At 7,542 tons, it’s a large tugboat, and accompanies Russian warships on long voyages overseas. This is not a normal procedure in blue water (ocean-going) navies—the U.S. Navy, Japanese Navy, and even the Chinese Navy do not send rescue tugboats on operational deployments. In 2015, Chiker took the carrier Admiral Kuznetsov under tow in the Bay of Biscay, apparently after the big carrier had broken down.

The Russian naval force has not gone unnoticed. The U.S. destroyers Truxton and Donald Cook shadowed the ships as they passed the East Coast, with P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft flying overhead. The Coast Guard Cutter Stone is also keeping tabs on the ship, as is the Canadian frigate HMCS Ville de Quebec .

The combination of ships in this naval grouping is unusual for such a high profile trip. Frigates would typically be the smaller surface ships in the group, and submarines often make their own, solitary port visits. There’s nothing unusual about Pashin ’s inclusion, but Chiker ’s presence suggests concern in Russia that one or more of the ships is at risk of breaking down. It’s also a weak task force—a visit of Russian warships sunk and damaged in the invasion of Ukraine (which has no navy) would be arguably more capable than this one. But as Russia’s Navy continues to shrink, or sink, we may remember this flotilla as one of the larger ones.

Kyle Mizokami is a writer on defense and security issues and has been at Popular Mechanics since 2015. If it involves explosions or projectiles, he's generally in favor of it. Kyle’s articles have appeared at The Daily Beast, U.S. Naval Institute News, The Diplomat, Foreign Policy, Combat Aircraft Monthly, VICE News , and others. He lives in San Francisco.

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Why are Russian warships in Cuba?

Russian warships sailed into Cuba’s main harbour in what appears to be a show of strength by Moscow amid heightened tensions with the US.

On Wednesday, dozens of Havana residents gathered and watched as Russian warships sailed into Cuba’s main harbour – in the latest display of naval strength by Moscow amid heightened tensions with the United States.

The Caribbean nation is a neighbour of the US, which at its closest point, is just about 150 kilometres (94 miles) away, but have had tense relations for decades.

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While it is not the first time Russian navy ships have visited Cuba, this convoy appears to be the largest in several years. The fleet is expected to stay between June 12 and 17 and the public will be allowed to take tours of the vessels.

Here’s what we know about why Russia has sent ships to Cuba now, how far back Russian-Cuban ties go, and why the two have gotten closer in the past year:

Why are the warships in Havana?

The flotilla is part of a “friendly” routine visit between the two countries’ navies, Cuban officials have said. The crew on board are expected to conduct military training exercises during their time in the Caribbean.

But analysts have said Moscow’s move is largely calculated to flex naval muscle in the US’s back yard. The detachment comes after escalating tensions between Russia and the US, following President Joe Biden’s decision in May to allow Ukraine to attack Russian targets with American weapons.

Russian President Putin has promised retaliation against not only the US, but also other Western allies of Ukraine who also removed restrictions on using their weapons against Moscow.

“That would mark their direct involvement in the war against the Russian Federation, and we reserve the right to act the same way,” Putin said last week, adding that Moscow was ready to use nuclear weapons.

Benjamin Gedan, director of the Latin America programme at the Washington, DC-based Wilson Center think tank, told The Associated Press news agency that “the warships are a reminder to Washington that it is unpleasant when an adversary meddles in your [neighbourhood].”

The naval show-off is also meant to reassure Moscow’s Latin American allies – Cuba and Venezuela, of its continued support for them against Washington, some experts said.

Like Russia and Cuba, economically ravaged Venezuela has unpleasant relations with the US and is under American sanctions.

What ships did Russia deploy and how much of a threat are they?

The Russian fleet includes four vehicles in total.

• Admiral Gorshkov: is the lead ship in the convoy. The frigate – that is, a warship that is light to steer and can be easily manoeuvred – is one of the Russian navy’s most modern models. It is capable of carrying out long-range missile attacks and anti-submarine warfare while being difficult to spot with radars because of the use of stealth technology. The ship is equipped with Zircon hypersonic missiles, which Putin has in the past said can fly nine times faster than the speed of sound at a range of more than 1,000km (more than 620 miles). It also carries Kalibr and Oniks cruise missiles.
• Kazan: is a nuclear-powered submarine and houses a nuclear reactor. The vehicle is also believed to be equipped with missiles from the Kalibr and Oniks families.
• Pashin – the fleet’s oil tanker, and a rescue tugboat – Nikolai Chiker – complete the convoy as support vehicles.

How has the US responded?

US officials are publicly downplaying the deployment, and say it is part of usual port-calls between Russia and Cuba.

White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters on Wednesday that such naval exercises were routine and that there were no signs Moscow was transferring missiles to Havana.

Last July, Perekop – a Russian training ship equipped with anti-aircraft guns and a rocket launcher – was on a four-day visit to Havana and conducted “a range of activities” according to Cuban officials. The Admiral itself visited in 2019.

“We have seen this kind of thing before, and we expect to see this kind of thing again, and I’m not going to read into it any particular motives,” Sullivan said, adding that the US would remain vigilant.

The US deployed ships and planes that monitored the movement of the fleet even before it arrived in Cuba and assessed there were no nuclear weapons on board, officials speaking to US media said, noting that the fleet stayed in international waters throughout.

What are Cuba and Russia saying?

Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Tuesday that the fleet had conducted drills in the Atlantic while on the way to Cuba.

The Russian crew practised using high-precision missile weapons with the aid of computer-simulated enemy ship targets located at a distance of more than 600km (more than 320 nautical miles), according to the ministry.

Meanwhile, the Cuban Foreign Ministry, before the fleet’s arrival, stressed that none of the warships would carry nuclear weapons and added that their presence “does not represent a threat to the region”.

“Visits by naval units from other countries are a historical practice of the revolutionary government with nations that maintain relations of friendship and collaboration,” the ministry said in a statement.

Is this a replay of 1962?

Both Russia and Cuba have long been united in their opposition to the US. During the Cold War, their ties deepened intensely, as the then-Soviet Union befriended the ideologically aligned Havana. Moscow provided financial aid, military equipment, and naval training, boosting the country’s military might in the Caribbean.

Things came to a head in 1962 when Moscow transferred nuclear weapons to Cuba, prompting a response from the US, which imposed a naval blockade on Havana in response. That tense episode is now known as the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.

The fall of the Soviet Union saw Cuba lose a major economic partner and fall into economic depression. But in recent years, the countries’ cooperation has again deepened.

Analysts have said this week’s naval show-off marked that intensifying relationship, but noted that it does not necessarily mean a rehash of events in 1962. Rather, Cuba, in particular, is again drawn to Russia for economic reasons, rather than ideology.

How have their economic ties deepened in the past year?

In the longest-lasting trade sanctions in modern history, the US has since 1958 banned American entities from trading with Cuba – following Fidel Castro’s overthrow of a US-backed government in Havana.

Although the sanctions have been eased at different times, they have largely remained over the years. In 2015, US President Barack Obama decided to restore diplomatic ties with Cuba after 50 years, but his successor Donald Trump reversed course nearly four years later.

That has partly contributed to a continuing economic crisis in the Caribbean country – alongside shaky government economic policies – analysts said.

“The blockade qualifies as a crime of genocide,” Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla said at a UN General Assembly meeting in November, referring to the US sanctions.

Deteriorating public services, regular power cuts, food and fuel shortages, and high inflation have pushed Cuba into its worst economic crisis in decades.

In recent years, Cuba has again turned to Russia, aiming to draw foreign investors. The two countries, last May, kicked off a series of economic partnerships, including one that will allow Russian businesses to lease Cuban land for 30 years – an unusual move in the largely closed-off country.

Bilateral trade between Cuba and Russia reached $450m in 2022, three times that of 2021, Russian officials said. About 90 percent of the trade comprised sales of petroleum products and soy oil, as Russia pumps in badly needed fuel to the country.

Ricardo Cabrisas, Cuba’s former minister of foreign commerce, told reporters on the sidelines of a business forum hosting Russian investors in Havana last May that the economic ties between Russia and Cuba would only grow stronger.

“Nothing and no one can stop it,” Cabrisas said.

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Photos show Russian submarine, ships arrive in Cuba ahead of Caribbean military exercises

By Alex Sundby

Updated on: June 12, 2024 / 7:36 PM EDT / CBS News

Russian sailors were seen standing on a nuclear-powered submarine as it entered Cuban waters Wednesday with three Russian naval ships.

The vessels are expected to stay in Havana through the weekend ahead of military exercises in the Caribbean in the coming weeks.

Photos taken in Havana showed the submarine, identified as the Kazan, cruising into the Cuban capital city's harbor about 100 miles southwest of Key West, Florida.

The U.S. intelligence community assessed that while the submarine is nuclear powered, it isn't carrying nuclear weapons, a U.S. official told CBS News national security correspondent David Martin.

Crowds were seen onshore watching small boats accompany the parade of ships into Havana's harbor.

Cuba's Foreign Ministry had identified the Russian ships as the frigate Admiral Gorshkov, the fleet oil tanker Pashin and the salvage tug Nikolai Chiker.

The Admiral Gorshkov was previously used to test Russia's hypersonic cruise missiles , according to the Reuters news agency.

The Russian ships were shadowed by U.S. Navy ships as they made their way to the island nation, the U.S. official told Martin. The American shadowing will continue when the ships leave Havana, which is expected to be next week.

The ships' arrival coincided with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez's meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow.

White House national security spokesman John Kirby told CBS News that the Russians' time in the Caribbean wasn't expected to pose a threat to the U.S.

"Clearly this is them signaling their displeasure about what we're doing for Ukraine ," Kirby told CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe last week.

Alex Sundby is a senior editor at CBSNews.com. In addition to editing content, Alex also covers breaking news, writing about crime and severe weather as well as everything from multistate lottery jackpots to the July Fourth hot dog eating contest.

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What are Russian warships doing in the Caribbean?

The frigate Admiral Gorshkov and the nuclear-powered submarine Kazan arrived Wednesday in Havana fresh from exercises in the North Atlantic Ocean.

U.S. forces are keeping close watch on a flotilla of Russian warships that reached Cuba on Wednesday in an apparent show of force by President Vladimir Putin flexing his missiles in the Western Hemisphere.

The port call in Havana, Moscow’s longtime ally, comes less than two weeks after the Biden administration said it would allow Ukraine to use U.S.-provided weaponry against some military targets inside Russia.

The four Russian vessels arrived in Havana Harbor fresh from military exercises in the North Atlantic Ocean, Russia’s Defense Ministry said. They’re due to stay through Monday.

The ships aren’t carrying nuclear weapons, the Cuban and Russian foreign ministries have said, “so their stop in our country does not represent a threat to the region,” Havana said last week.

Here’s what you need to know.

Russia practiced firing high-precision missiles in the Atlantic

The Russian flotilla includes the frigate Admiral Gorshkov and the nuclear-powered submarine Kazan, a medium tanker and a rescue tugboat. Even without nuclear weapons, the frigate and the submarine are capable of launching Zircon hypersonic missiles, Kalibr cruise missiles and Onyx anti-ship missiles, Russia’s most highly touted modern weapons.

Several hours before entering the Havana harbor, Russian defense officials said, the flotilla completed an exercise in “the use of precision missile weapons.” Sailors used computer simulations to “hit” targets without launching actual missiles.

In Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with his Cuban counterpart, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla. Lavrov affirmed Russia’s “continued support for Havana in its just demand for a complete and immediate end” to Washington’s 62-year embargo on most trade with Cuba and the removal of the country from the State Department’s list of state sponsors of terrorism.

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The visit came on Russia Day, when Russians mark the dissolution of the Soviet Union. State television highlighted extensive coverage of the event in the U.S. media, including clips from CNN. One Russian reporter described the visit as retaliation for Biden’s decision to allow Ukraine to strike inside Russia with American weapons.

“Last week, President Vladimir Putin made it clear that it reserves the right for a mirror response — that is, supplying long-range weapons to countries that feel the pressure of the United States,” the Russia 24 reporter said.

Cuba, mired in its worst economic crisis in years, is welcoming its longtime supporter

Cubans lined the Havana waterfront Wednesday to see the Russian ships arrive. The Russians fired 21 salvos in honor of their hosts; the Cubans responded with an artillery salute from the San Carlos de La Cabaña Fortress.

Cuba’s foreign ministry said the visit reflects “the historical friendly relations” between Havana and Moscow, ties that go back to Soviet support for Fidel Castro’s Cuban Revolution and Moscow’s purchase of sugar, rum and other products to soften the loss of U.S. trade at the outset of the embargo.

Cuba is currently mired in a dire economic crisis, including shortages of food, electricity and fuel, reminiscent of the so-called Special Period of the early 1990s, when the Soviet Union collapsed and support from Moscow sharply dropped.

Cuba emerged from years of deprivation with the support of Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez and improved relations with Russia under Putin. Lavrov said Wednesday that Moscow would continue to provide humanitarian support to Cuba.

The Russian foreign ministry thanked Cuba for its “principled position” on Ukraine. Rodríguez Parrilla, the Cuban foreign minister, said the country condemns “the increasingly aggressive stance of the U.S. government and NATO,” including sanctions against Russia.

Lavrov has been a frequent visitor to the region. He traveled in February to Venezuela, where he affirmed Russia’s support for the socialist government of Nicolás Maduro, Chávez’s successor. He stopped in Cuba during that trip also.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel visited Putin in Moscow in May.

The U.S. doesn’t see a threat, but is monitoring the visit

Port calls among friendly nations are common. The Cuban foreign ministry this week announced that a Canadian patrol vessel would arrive in Havana on Friday to commemorate 80 years of uninterrupted diplomatic relations between Havana and Ottawa.

But the U.S. Defense Department has been tracking the Russian visit to Cuba since it was announced June 6. U.S. Navy and Coast Guard vessels are “going to continue to monitor,” Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said Wednesday. ABC News reported that three U.S. Navy destroyers, a Coast Guard Cutter and Canadian and French frigates were keeping watch .

Singh said the Russian exercises didn’t pose a threat to the United States.

“This is not a surprise,” she said. Such “routine naval visits” by the Russians, she said, have occurred “during different administrations.”

A spokesman for U.S. Southern Command said the organization routinely monitors “activities of concern” in its area of responsibility. Authorities anticipate that the Russian vessels might also visit Venezuela. Maduro’s government, also under heavy sanction by the United States, has scheduled a presidential election for July.

Retired Adm. Jim Stavridis, who headed Southern Command from 2006 to 2009, said naval deployments to the Caribbean are “long and difficult” for Russian forces, and provide “good practice for our forces, tracking and monitoring them.”

The Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, also said there was no cause for American concern. “Military drills are a normal practice in various regions of the world, especially for such a major maritime power as the Russian Federation,” Peskov told reporters on Thursday.

Putin is showing he ‘still has the ability to operate in the U.S. sphere of influence’

Russian forces have made several visits to Cuba and Venezuela in recent decades. In 2018, Moscow sent two supersonic, nuclear-capable Tu-160 bombers to Venezuela for a brief stop. The next year, as the Trump administration stepped up efforts to oust Maduro, Russia dispatched 100 troops and equipment to Venezuela and signed an agreement allowing it to send ships.

Of course, the most famous Russian visit to the region came in 1962, when the U.S. discovery of Soviet missile sites in Cuba brought the world to the brink of nuclear Armageddon. President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev resolved the two-week Cuban missile crisis peacefully with an agreement that each side would withdraw missiles deployed near the other and that they would establish direct communications — the so-called red telephone — to forestall similar crises in the future.

Videos now of a Russian submarine arriving in Cuba, political scientist Vladimir Rouvinski said, help Moscow show that “efforts by the United States to diminish their presence everywhere, in particular in Latin America, are not working.”

“We have to see that Russia is not willing to abandon Latin America,” said Rouvinski, of Icesi University in Colombia, even as its military is consumed by Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

Putin aims to signal that “he still has the ability to operate in the U.S. sphere of influence,” said Cynthia Arnson, a distinguished fellow at the Wilson Center’s Latin America Program.

The U.S. stages similar exercises near Russia and China

The United States has a long history of deploying the Navy and other forces to demonstrate its range and capabilities in support of allies and against adversaries.

In May, the Destroyer USS Halsey conducted what the Navy called a “Freedom of Navigation Operation” to challenge “restrictions on innocent passage imposed by the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Taiwan, and Vietnam.”

A spokesperson for China’s Eastern Theater Command accused the United States of having “publicly hyped” the ship’s transit through the Taiwan Strait , the Associated Press reported. Chinese Navy Senior Capt. Li Xi said the command sent naval and air forces to monitor.

Last year, the destroyer USS Nitze and the amphibious command ship USS Mount Whitney made separate port calls to Istanbul on the Bosporus. That’s roughly 20 miles from the Black Sea, where Ukraine has used sea drones and missiles to attack a Russian fleet .

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Philippine officials say Chinese forces seized 2 navy boats in disputed shoal, injuring sailors

FILE - A dilapidated but still active Philippine Navy ship BRP Sierra Madre sits at the Second Thomas Shoal, locally known as Ayungin Shoal, at the disputed South China Sea on Aug. 22, 2023. The United States renewed a warning Tuesday, June 18, 2024 that it’s obligated to defend its close treaty ally a day after Filipino navy personnel were injured and their supply boats damaged in one of the most serious confrontations between the Philippines and China in a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, officials said. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

FILE - Philippine navy ship BRP Sierra Madre is seen at the Second Thomas Shoal, locally known as Ayungin Shoal, at the South China Sea, April 23, 2023. A Chinese vessel and a Philippine supply ship collided near the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea on Monday, June 17, 2024, China’s coast guard said.(AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Chinese forces seized two Philippine rubber boats that were delivering food and other supplies to a military outpost in a disputed South China Sea shoal in a tense confrontation in which some Filipino navy personnel were injured, Philippine security officials said Tuesday.

The United States renewed a warning Tuesday that it is obligated to defend the Philippines, a treaty ally, a day after the hourslong hostilities in Second Thomas Shoal . The shoal has been occupied by a small Philippine navy contingent aboard a long-grounded warship that has been closely monitored by China’s coast guard and navy in a yearslong territorial standoff.

There is fear that territorial disputes in the South China Sea, long regarded as an Asian flashpoint, could escalate and pit the United States and China in a larger conflict. China and the Philippines blamed each other for Monday’s hostilities, the most serious in recent months, but provided few details.

A Philippine government task force overseeing the territorial disputes condemned what it said were “dangerous maneuvers, including ramming and towing” which disrupted an effort to transport food, water and other supplies to the Filipinos manning the territorial outpost on the grounded ship, the BRP Sierra Madre, at the shoal. It did not elaborate.

Two Philippine security officials, who had knowledge of the supply mission at the shoal, separately told The Associated Press that two rubber boats manned by Filipino navy personnel had approached the BRP Sierra Madre at the shoal to deliver fresh supplies when several Chinese coast guard personnel on speedboats arrived to disrupt the mission, sparking a scuffle and collisions.

At least eight of the Filipinos were injured, including one who lost a thumb, in the scuffle, said one of the two officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were under orders not to discuss the high-seas confrontation publicly.

Five of the injured sailors were rescued by one of two Philippine coast guard patrol ships that were waiting at a distance to back up the navy’s supply mission at the shoal. The two rubber supply boats were towed away by Chinese coast guard personnel and then abandoned after being damaged and emptied of their contents, including an unspecified number of rifles, the two officials said. They were later recovered by the Filipino navy, they said.

The Chinese coast guard gave a different version of the hostilities and said the Philippines “is entirely responsible for this.” It said a Philippine vessel “ignored China’s repeated solemn warnings … and dangerously approached a Chinese vessel in normal navigation in an unprofessional manner, resulting in a collision.”

China’s Foreign Ministry said the supply ship was accompanied by two Philippine speedboats that were attempting to deliver construction materials and other supplies to the BRP Sierra Madre. It described the Chinese coast guard’s actions as “professional, restrained, reasonable and lawful.”

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell discussed China’s actions with his Philippine counterpart, Maria Theresa Lazaro, in a telephone call. Both agreed that China’s “dangerous actions threatened regional peace and stability,” State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said.

Campbell reaffirmed that the 1951 U.S.-Philippine Mutual Defense Treaty, which obligates Washington and Manila to help defend each other in major conflicts, “extends to armed attacks on Philippine armed forces, public vessels, or aircraft -– including those of its coast guard -– anywhere in the South China Sea,” according to Miller.

Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said Monday night that his country’s armed forces would resist “China’s dangerous and reckless behavior” which “contravenes their statements of good faith and decency.”

“We will exert our utmost in order to fulfill our sworn mandate to protect our territorial integrity, sovereignty, and sovereign rights,” Teodoro said. “It should now be clear to the international community that China’s actions are the true obstacles to peace and stability in the South China Sea.”

Several other incidents have occurred in recent months near Second Thomas Shoal, which is less than 200 nautical miles (370 kilometers) from the nearest Philippine coast and is where the BRP Sierra Madre, now encrusted with rust, was deliberately grounded in 1999 to create a territorial outpost. The ship remains an actively commissioned military vessel, meaning an attack on it could be considered by the Philippines as an act of war.

China has become increasingly assertive in pressing its claim to virtually the entire South China Sea, which has led to a rising number of direct conflicts with other countries in the region, most notably the Philippines and Vietnam.

A new Chinese law which took effect Saturday authorizes its coast guard to seize foreign ships “that illegally enter China’s territorial waters” and to detain foreign crews for up to 60 days. The law renewed a reference to 2021 legislation that says China’s coast guard can fire upon foreign ships if necessary.

Associated Press journalists Aaron Favila and Joeal Calupitan in Manila contributed to this report.