Trump said on Friday that he had ordered two nuclear submarines to be moved to "the appropriate regions" in response to remarks from former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev about the risk of war between the nuclear-armed adversaries. The episode comes at a delicate moment, with Trump threatening to impose new sanctions on Russia and buyers of its oil, including India and China, unless President Vladimir Putin agrees by Friday to end the 3-1/2-year war in Ukraine. Some security analysts in both Russia and the West have criticized Trump for escalating an online spat with former president Medvedev — an arch-hawk whose statements are frequently designed to shock and provoke — to the point of publicly discussing U.S. nuclear deployments.
Author: Mark Trevelyan,Dmitry Antonov
Published at: 2025-08-04 22:18:00
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