Go inside the Russian warship 90 miles away from US

Go inside the Russian warship 90 miles away from US

Tonight. Point of no return. Those are Putin’s words, threatening the United States with a not so subtle nod at his largest arsenal of nuclear weapons. Actually, we have come unacceptably close to the point of no return calls to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia, which has the largest arsenal of nuclear weapons, demonstrate the extreme adventurism of Western politicians. Matthew Chance is OutFront. He is live in Moscow tonight. And Matthew, even for Putin. you know, this is harsh and dark rhetoric. sometimes it’s a little bit more subtle, implied rather than direct. What are you learning about the significance of him saying this now? Yeah, I think it’s pretty significant because it comes up as G7 leaders, including President Biden, meets in Italy and talk about a plan to provide Ukraine with financial aid using confiscated Russian assets. in the West, that’s something that Putin was very angry about. He called it theft, and he said that the Western states would be punished for that. But look, I mean, to be clear, Erin, you know, since the full scale invasion of Ukraine back in 2022, Russia has been saber rattling, talking about the the dangers of trying to defeat a nuclear armed country like Russia, saying it could end in tragedy. Putin was really sort of doubling down on that in his speech to the Foreign Ministry here in Moscow earlier today, in those in those five remarks, he spoke about Western leaders saying they don’t seem to understand the scale of the threats that they themselves have created. So he’s really trying to ratchet up that rhetoric. He also outlined, I know today, Matthew, the conditions for a quote final end is the way he used it for the war in Ukraine. But I know that you say you’ve never heard him lay it out in such a way. What is he say? Well, I think one of the, one of the challenges about sort of talking about why Russia invaded Ukraine is trying to sort of get clear, you know, what they want out of it. And I think this is one of the rare occasions that Vladimir Putin sort of set out the latest Kremlin thinking on that. And it is, you know, quite a lot. Vladimir Putin saying that he wanted basically Ukraine to surrender vast areas of territory, including the full regions that Russia has unilaterally, annexed already. We’re talking about Zaporizhzhia region, Herzen region, Donetsk and Luhansk, as well. He said he wanted Ukraine to basically denounce any ambitions or renounce any ambitions, to, to join NATO eventually. And of course, he said he wanted Western sanctions on Russia to be to be lifted when all that’s sort of clear that that will be done. Then he said he would order a cease fire in Ukraine. It’s something that’s been rejected out of hand by the Ukrainians and by NATO and by the United States. Of course, other times in the past, as ceasefires have been suggested and then violated. All right. Thank you very much, Matthew, from Moscow tonight. And now, as promised, that exclusive asset access that we’ve gained inside a Russian naval destroyer, now, this naval destroyer, it’s Russian, is off the coast of Florida right now, near Cuba. It is part of that flotilla that we’ve been following that includes a nuclear powered submarine. Now, there are four ships now docked right now in Havana, Cuba. And it comes as the US military, in a rare move, has announced its own fast track nuclear powered submarine is now nearby at Guantanamo Bay, arriving there just this morning. So Patrick Ottman is there OutFront in Cuba, and you’re going to get to go on the destroyer now. Several hundred Cubans wait in the broiling sun to tour a Russian warship. Russian diplomats told me the public would be allowed to visit the admiral, go off. One of the most modern warships in President Vladimir Putin’s navy, capable of firing hypersonic missiles that travel at more than 6000mph. It’s the first of three days the ship will receive visitors, a rare opportunity for people here to see up close. A frigate belonging to Cuba’s Cold War era comrades before now. Get a live. See if we’re able to get aboard after nearly three hours. Waiting. Having my Cuban resident ID card run through a database by police and passing through metal detectors. We are told to board the course. Cos just next to us is the nuclear powered submarine Kazan. The first of its kind to come to port here. The visit of the four Russian ships, the largest Russian convoy to Cuba in years, is not a threat to the U.S., but Russian and Cuban officials say. But the U.S. is closely tracking the ships and their movements assigned in English by the gangplank to the cove, says the ship’s quote. Main purpose is combat operations against enemy surface ships and submarines. Although none of the vessels were currently carrying nuclear weapons, the Cuban Armed Forces Ministry said yet. Hello, I say in rudimentary Russian to the sailors aboard the gorgeous Gulf. We are only allowed on the main deck, and Russian sailors watch our every move. A deck above us where sophisticated communications equipment is visible. A soldier armed with an assault rifle keeps guard Cuba. Good to the minute. These sailors could be fighting in the war in Ukraine and seem to enjoy the peace and tranquility of the Caribbean. When you live in sailors, show me anti rocket defense systems. And a cannon, they say, can fire 23km. Nearly 15 miles after only the briefest of tours. We are told it’s time for us to disembark. Duffy, Daniel. We say our goodbyes to our Russian hosts as we leave. This Russian sailor counters one by one to make sure no one stays behind to learn the secrets of a Russian warship. Station just 90 miles from the U.S. coast. And it is pretty incredible. Drake, you know that you are there and you were able to go on board this. You know that they were allowing people in Cuba to go on this destroyer, sort of top of their line. I mean, has anything like this ever happened before? No, we’ve never seen in my 12 years of living here, a convoy as large as this one. Cubans, say that they never remember a nuclear powered submarine coming here, ever. Even, you know, during the height of the Cold War, the height of the Russian presence here and then have three days. Were hundreds of Cubans really anybody who wanted to, could wait, and then go on and film away. We were encouraged, to film with our phones. so this is sending a very powerful, not very subtle message to Cuba about, Vladimir Putin’s, intentions and as well, of course, to, the most important intended audience here, the West, the United States, the Biden administration, about the fact that, if the West can put, lethal weapons on the doorstep of Vladimir Putin. Well, he can do the same to them, you know. Absolutely. And, of course, as we pointed out, the U.S. now, putting putting a ship at Guantanamo Bay. Patrick, thank you very much. Live in Havana tonight.

A group of Russian Navy ships, including a nuclear-powered submarine, arrived in Cuba in a sign of strengthening ties between the two Cold War allies. CNN’s Patrick Oppman gained access to one of the Russian warships just 90 miles from Florida.
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