Díaz-Balart Hosts Virtual National Security Briefing Exposing Presence of Cuban Regime Troops Fighting for Russia in Ukraine

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), Vice Chair of the House Appropriations Committee and Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, the Department of State, and Related Programs (NSRP), hosted a virtual national security briefing featuring members of the Ukrainian intelligence and Ukrainian Parliament to expose the alarming presence of thousands of Cuban regime troops fighting alongside Russia in the ongoing war against Ukraine.

This underscores the malign alliance between Russia and Cuba and highlights Russia’s dangerous reach in the Western Hemisphere, which has serious implications for U.S. and regional security.

Panelists:

1. Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), Chair of the National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Subcommittee, House Appropriations Committee
2. Rep. María Elvira Salazar (FL-27), Chair of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, House Foreign Affairs Committee
3. Rep. Carlos A. Giménez (FL-28), Chair of the Transportation and Maritime Security Subcommittee, Homeland Security Committee
4. Dr. Orlando Gutiérrez-Boronat, National Secretary, Cuban Democratic Directorate
5. Rosa Maria Payá, U.S. Commissioner, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
6. Vladyslav Vlasyuk, Advisor to President Volodymyr Zelenskyi - Commissioner for Sanctions Policy
7. Brigadier General Dmytro Usov, Deputy Head of Defense Intelligence in Ukraine
8. Andriy Yusov, Press Representative of the Directorate of Intelligence of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense
9. Oleksandr Merezhko, Ukrainian Parliament, Chair of the Committee on Foreign Policy and Inter-Parliamentary Relations and Co-Chair of the Free Cuba Caucus
10. Maryan Zablotskyy, Ukrainian Parliament, Free Cuba Caucus

The recorded briefing is available by clicking here or below

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