Russian warships leave Havana’s port after five-day visit to Cuba

The nuclear-powered Russian submarine Kazan leaves the port of Havana, Cuba, on Monday (Ariel Ley/AP)

A fleet of Russian warships, including a nuclear-powered submarine, has left Havana’s port after a five-day visit to Cuba following planned military drills in the Atlantic Ocean.

The exercise has been seen by some as a show of strength by Moscow against the backdrop of tensions as the US and other Western nations support Kyiv in Russia’s war on Ukraine.