Russia says boat incident near Cuba is 'aggressive provocation' by US

Moscow: Russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman said on Thursday that ⁠an incident with a Florida-registered ⁠speedboat off the ‌coast of ​Cuba was an ‘aggressive provocation by the United States’ aimed at escalating the ​situation and ⁠triggering a conflict, state-owned TASS news agency reported.

Cuban forces killed four ⁠exiles ‌and wounded six others who sailed into Cuban ‌waters aboard a speedboat ⁠on Wednesday and opened fire on a ‌Cuban patrol, ‌the Cuban government said ‌at a time of ‌heightened tensions with the United States.

"This is an aggressive ⁠provocation ⁠by the United States aimed at escalating the situation and detonating a conflict," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova was ​quoted as saying by TASS.