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US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he had ordered two nuclear submarines to move to regions close to Russia in response to threats from the country’s former President Dmitry Medvedev.
“I have ordered two Nuclear Submarines to be positioned in the appropriate regions, just in case these foolish and inflammatory statements are more than just that,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
Trump did not say where the two submarines were being deployed.
The deployment comes after Medvedev, currently serving as deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, warned Trump on Thursday to remember that Moscow had Soviet-era nuclear strike capabilities of last resort.
Medvedev has posted several times in recent days threatening the US after Trump’s ultimatum to Moscow that it agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine or face tough sanctions.
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