Russia vows ‘all possible assistance’ to Cuba as US squeezes oil supplies
Russia has expressed its readiness to provide “all possible assistance” to Cuba as the United States intensifies its illegal blockade of oil supplies to the Caribbean country.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov made the remarks on Monday.
The administration of US President Donald Trump has, over the past month, deprived Cuba of its largest source of oil and plunged the island nation into a rapidly worsening energy crisis.
He said Russia is aware of the “truly critical” situation in Cuba and maintains close contact with its Cuban friends through diplomatic and other channels.
“The stranglehold imposed by the United States is already causing a lot of difficulties for Cuba,” he added.
Moscow and Havana are discussing “possible ways to resolve these problems or at least provide all possible assistance.”
Since it abducted Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro in early January, the Trump administration has also ramped up pressure on Cuba with talk of “regime change”.
It has also barred Venezuelan oil or money from reaching Cuba and pressured Mexico to stop its shipments, threatening to slap tariffs on any country that sells oil to the Latin American country.
The Cuban government announced measures including fuel rationing, power outages and a four-day workweek for employees at state-run companies to ensure fuel supplies for key sectors.
In an X post, David Adler, co-general coordinator of Progressive International, said that “right now, Donald Trump is laying siege to the island of Cuba: asphyxiating its people, shuttering its hospitals, starving them of food.”
If you enjoyed Bad Bunny's performance at the Super Bowl, then I beg your attention. Right now, Donald Trump is laying siege to the island of Cuba: asphyxiating its people, shuddering its hospitals, starving them of food. If you care about 'America', this is your fight.
— David Adler (@davidrkadler) February 9, 2026
On February 5, the G77 + China economic bloc reaffirmed its solidarity with Cuba and called on Washington to end its “economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed on Cuba for more than six decades”.
Unilateral US measures are “contrary to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and international law,” it added in a statement.
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said last week that his government is willing to talk to the United States, just so long as it is “without pressure”.
Cuba has received messages from the presidents of China and Russia, along with many others from across the world, he added. “They expressed their support, commitment, and determination to continue collaboration and cooperation with Cuba and Venezuela.”
Meanwhile, Stephane Dujarric, a spokesperson for United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, warned that the UN chief is “extremely concerned about the humanitarian situation in Cuba, which will worsen, if not collapse, if its oil needs go unmet.”
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