en.Wedoany.com Reported - A Russian oil tanker arrived at Cuba's Matanzas Bay at dawn on Tuesday, delivering approximately 700,000 barrels of crude oil. This marks the first significant oil delivery since the United States cut off fuel supplies to Cuba, aimed at alleviating the local energy crisis.

The tanker, named Anatoly Kolodkin, entered Cuban territorial waters late Sunday night, with the United States allowing its passage on humanitarian grounds. As the tanker entered Cuba's largest fuel storage port, the area was experiencing widespread power outages affecting healthcare, transportation, and agriculture.

Marino Gálvez, a 66-year-old resident of Matanzas, watched the tanker's passage from the seaside boulevard, saying, "It's like a drop of water in the desert. It's very unfair for all we've been through. The people should not pay the price for any government's policies."

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel noted that the country had not received a tanker for three months, exacerbating the energy crisis. After the crude oil is unloaded, it will require several days of processing, providing Cuba with some breathing room to address the energy shortage.

The Russian Urals crude oil loaded on the tanker is suitable for Cuba's aging refineries. The United States previously severed Venezuelan oil exports to Cuba and threatened to tax countries transporting oil to Cuba, leading suppliers like Mexico to halt shipments.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov stated, "In the desperate situation the Cubans are in now, this certainly cannot leave us indifferent, so we will continue our efforts." The Trump administration, meanwhile, said it would review further oil shipments to Cuba on a case-by-case basis.

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