Cuba's grid has now failed nationwide seven times this year, El País reported on Wednesday, with residents in some areas going a full 24 hours without power. Russia's ambassador says no staff evacuation is under consideration.
Cuba's national electricity system has broken down repeatedly, with island-wide outages recurring through 2026; counts of how many differ between outlets. Russia keeps institutions and citizens on the island, so its embassy in Havana fields questions about their situation when the grid goes down.
Cuba's national grid collapsed completely for the seventh time this year, El País reported on Wednesday. On an already unstable supply, residents in some areas go a full 24 hours without electricity.
Russia's envoy to Cuba, Viktor Koronelli, said no Russian citizens had contacted the embassy for assistance during the blackouts and that no evacuation of staff of Russian institutions is being considered, TASS reported on Wednesday. Cuba's national grid failed twice between Sunday and Monday; Le Monde reported that power was restored while large areas stayed dark, counting the sixth nationwide outage this year, whereas Breitbart counted the fifth failure in a month.