US President Donald Trump on Friday said he had sent two nuclear submarines to regions near Russia in response to threats from former Russian 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,” Mr Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
Mr Medvedev on Thursday told Mr Trump to remember that Moscow possessed Soviet-era nuclear strike capabilities of last resort.
Mr Medvedev has emerged as one of the Kremlin's most outspoken anti-western hawks since Russia sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine in 2022. Kremlin critics deride him as a loose cannon, although some western diplomats say his statements give a flavour of thinking in senior Kremlin policy-making circles.
