“If they then get involved in Cuba and go to war with the Cubans, it will cost them dearly, history proves it,” Lukashenko warned in an interview with Rick Sanchez, a Cuban-American journalist who works for the Russian television channel Russia Today (RT).

The president affirmed that “there will be nations that support Cuba discreetly, and saying how that might end is complex.” Unlike Iran, Lukashenko noted, Cuba is “close to President Donald Trump’s mansion” in Florida.

Tensions between Washington and Havana have escalated since early this year, following the US military action in Venezuela. Trump signed an executive order on January 29 allowing the United States to impose tariffs on imports from countries that supply oil to Cuba.

Washington’s actions have caused a severe fuel shortage in Cuba, affecting electricity generation and vital sectors of the economy, including transportation, food production, health, and education.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel denounced Washington’s “energy blockade” and deemed it “condemnable” that a power like the United States “adopts such an aggressive and criminal policy toward a small nation.”

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