This came as a Russian-flagged oil tanker carrying about 730,000 barrels of oil was heading to the Port of Matanzas in Cuba.
A tanker ship at the Supertanker Base in the Industrial Zone of the port of Matanzas, Cuba, on March 30, 2026. AFP via Getty Images
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on March 29 that he has no issue with a Russian oil tanker supplying fuel to Cuba, despite U.S. sanctions targeting countries that provide oil to the island.
“We have a tanker out there. We don’t mind having somebody get a boatload because they need [it]. They have to survive,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One.
