The National Defense Day in the eastern province of Las Tunas demonstrated the popular commitment to the preservation of national sovereignty and the willingness to be combat-ready if a military invasion occurred.

Las Tunas, Cuba.- In the defense preparation range, located in areas of the Lenin campus at Las Tunas University, the summary activity of the day in the province took place, and the participants chanted slogans that reaffirmed the decision of the vast majority of Cubans to defend the socialist Revolution.

The Moncada 2026 Strategic Exercise served as a preamble. On the day, troops from the regular units and the reserve of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) and the Ministry of the Interior (MININT) were activated, as well as the people represented by militiamen and members of the Production and Defense Brigades (BPD).

They all fulfilled the planned missions assigned in exceptional situations to accommodate combat scenarios and defeat the enemy.

The preparation included updating and clarifying the missions that correspond to the special formations and other non-military components (companies and entities), and the militiamen. It also consolidated the coordination of actions in establishing complete combat and defense readiness.

Training was carried out in the arming and disarming of rifles, shooting with infantry weapons, military health, use of unmanned remote-controlled vehicles and observation, among other actions that strengthen popular action in case of foreign aggression.

“I attended this preparation for defense because I know that all Cubans have to be ready to defend the Homeland when it comes to confronting the enemies with the fight of all the people,” said Zenia Díaz Cruz, specialist in the Commercial Department of Las Tunas Telecommunications Company (ETECSA).

"We made good use of the day. We have learned many things related to rescue and first aid, arming and disarming, and we have also shot," he added.

Pedro Jiménez Espinosa spoke on behalf of the workers in the sugar sector, who ratified the willingness of the people of Las Tunas to fight until the last breath if the nation is militarily attacked, and praised the activities of the day and the massive attendance of those mentioned.

Osbel Lorenzo Rodríguez, president of the Provincial Defense Council, reviewed the current national and international context, emphasizing the need to be prepared and alert, because threats of a North American invasion persist.

Lorenzo Díaz ratified his confidence that the people will be ready to fight for independence, as taught by Commander in Chief Fidel Castro, Historical Leader of the Revolution and promoter of the doctrine of the War of All People.

On the occasion of National Defense Day, similar activities were carried out in the eight municipalities of this eastern province, and those summoned attended with discipline and the interest of training in the art to defend independence with weapons, in the face of probable armed aggression from the enemy.

Brigadier General Florencio Navas Guevara, chief of the Eastern Army General Staff, and Yelenys Tornet Menéndez, governor of Las Tunas, together with the president of the Provincial Defense Council, toured defense preparation areas and checked the quality of the practical actions carried out.