Russia says boat incident near Cuba is an 'aggressive provocation' by United States, TASS reports

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.