The US warned repeatedly that Russia was going to invade.

1. This isn’t happening in Cuba.
2. It’s an extension from a countries ability to decide who it trades with. Lots of secondary sanctions on companies doing business with Russia, they have to pick a side.

Why shouldn’t a country be able to decide not to trade with another country?

There are no secondary sanctions on Cuba.

Anyone who mentions BRICS like it’s a coherent organisation disqualifies themselves from being taken seriously.

This isn’t the first time this group has done something like this and they seem to have been pretty consistent in their messaging.

The hacktivist group SN_BLACKMETA has claimed responsibility and cites US support of Israel as the motivation.