Russia plays Trump’s order to move 2 nuclear submarines, urges prudence on nuclear rhetoric
Russia said on Monday that everyone should be “very, very careful” on nuclear rhetoric, responding to a statement by US President Donald Trump that he had ordered the repositioning of American nuclear submarines.
In his first public reaction to Trump’s comments, the Kremlin played their meaning and said that he was not trying to introduce himself with him.
Trump said on Friday that he had ordered that two nuclear submarines were moved to “the appropriate regions” in response to the remarks of former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev on the risk of war between nuclear weapons opponents.
“In this case, it is obvious that the American submarines are already in combat service. It is a process in progress, it is the first thing,” the journalists told the spokesperson for Kremlin.
“But in general, of course, we would not want to get involved in such controversy and would in no way want to comment on this,” he said. “Of course, we think that everyone should be very, very careful with nuclear rhetoric.”
The episode arrives at a delicate moment, Trump threatening to impose new sanctions on Russia and the buyers of his oil, including India and China, unless President Vladimir Putin agrees on Friday to end the 3 and a half years. War in Ukraine.
President Donald Trump says that he ordered two nuclear submarines to get closer to Russia in response to comments on the social networks of former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev on the risk of war between nuclear adversaries.
Putin said last week that peace talks had made a positive progress, but that Russia had burst in war, not reporting any change in its position despite the imminent deadline.
Trump said he could send his envoy Steve Witkoff to Russia on Wednesday or Thursday. Witkoff organized long conversations with Putin during several previous visits, but failed to persuade him to accept a cease-fire.
The Kremlin refused to say if his last proposed trip took place at the request of Moscow and did not say what he hoped to emerge.
“We are always happy to see Mr. Witkoff in Moscow and we are always happy to have contacts with Mr. Witkoff. We consider them important, significant and very useful,” said Peskov.
Online spat
Trump, who frequently promised to end the war within 24 hours while campaigning for the American presidency last year, spoke with Putin’s admiration in the past, but has expressed growing frustration with him lately.
Russia has increased the ferocity of its bomb attacks against Ukrainian cities, while three brief sessions of direct peace talks in Turkey have given no progress beyond the exchanges of prisoners and war dead.
Some security analysts in Russia and West have criticized Trump for increasing an online sputum with former president Medvedev – an Arch -Hawk whose statements are frequently designed to shock and cause – to the point of publicly discussing American nuclear deployments.
President Donald Trump declared a deadline for 50 days on Russia to reach a ceasefire with Ukraine or face “very serious prices”. Meanwhile, Trump has also promised renewed support to Ukraine – a decision welcomed by NATO allies.
Peskov, however, said that Russia had not seen Trump’s statement as a climbing nuclear tension.
“We don’t think we are now talking about an escalation.
Peskov refused to answer directly when asked if the Kremlin had tried to warn Medvedev to reduce his online statements.
“The main thing, of course, is the position of President Putin,” he said.
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