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Donald Trump announced last Friday that he would reposition two US nuclear submarines to \u2018appropriate regions\u2019
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The Kremlin<\/a> has warned that everyone should be careful about nuclear rhetoric, after Donald Trump<\/a> ordered a repositioning of US nuclear submarines.<\/a>
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov<\/a> played down the significance of Mr Trump’s announcement last Friday that he had ordered two submarines<\/a> to be moved to “the appropriate regions”<\/a>.
The move came after former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev<\/a> made remarks about the risk of war between the nuclear-armed adversaries.
“In this case, it is obvious that American submarines are already on combat duty. This is an ongoing process, that\u2019s the first thing,” Mr Peskov said.
“But in general, of course, we would not want to get involved in such a controversy and would not want to comment on it in any way,” he added.
“Of course, we believe that everyone should be very, very careful with nuclear rhetoric.”
Mr Peskov said that Russia<\/a> did not see Trump’s statement as marking an escalation in nuclear tension.
He also declined to answer directly when asked whether the Kremlin had tried to warn Medvedev to tone down his online altercation with Trump.
The Kremlin has warned that everyone should be careful about nuclear rhetoric, after Donald Trump ordered a repositioning of US nuclear submarines.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov played down the significance of Mr Trump’s announcement last Friday that he had ordered two submarines to be moved to “the appropriate regions”.
The move came after former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev made remarks about the risk of war between the nuclear-armed adversaries.
“In this case, it is obvious that American submarines are already on combat duty. This is an ongoing process, that\u2019s the first thing,” Mr Peskov said.
“But in general, of course, we would not want to get involved in such a controversy and would not want to comment on it in any way,” he added.
“Of course, we believe that everyone should be very, very careful with nuclear rhetoric.”
Mr Peskov said that Russia did not see Trump’s statement as marking an escalation in nuclear tension.
He also declined to answer directly when asked whether the Kremlin had tried to warn Medvedev to tone down his online altercation with Trump.
Russia has launched 162 drones into Ukraine overnight, the Ukrainian Air Force has said.
The Ukrainian Air Force said Russia attacked Ukraine with 162 Shahed-type UAVs and other drones.
It destroyed or repelled 161 of these drones, the air force said.
Russia is reportedly stepping up efforts to launch more drone attacks on Ukraine from occupied territories, according to new satellite analysis.
A Ukrainian Telegram channel said imagery from July shows construction work at Donetsk City airport in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine.
Fortifications on the runway have been partially cleared, and workers appear to be preparing parking areas, possibly for fuel tanks, according to the reports shared by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
The Ukrainian open-source intelligence group CyberBoroshno added that the images suggest Russian forces are building closed storage near the destroyed terminal, as well as manual drone control points, warhead unloading areas, and surveillance posts.
CyberBoroshno assessed that the site could soon be used to launch Shahed-type attack drones, Gerbera decoy drones and potentially Geran (Shahed) jet-powered drones.
Using long-range drones from areas closer to the frontline could shorten the response time for Ukrainian air defences, the group warned.
Donald Trump has said his special envoy Steve Witkoff may travel to Russia, potentially on Wednesday or Thursday, as he warned that he would impose sanctions if Moscow does not agree to a ceasefire in the war in Ukraine before Friday.
“There’ll be sanctions, but they seem to be pretty good at avoiding sanctions,” Mr Trump told reporters yesterday.
“They’re wily characters and they’re pretty good at avoiding sanctions, so we’ll see what happens,\u201d the US president said.
India<\/a> will keep purchasing oil<\/a> from Russia<\/a>, despite President Donald Trump<\/a> threatening to impose penalties<\/a> for doing so, two Indian officials said on Saturday.
Officials in India, the most populous country on Earth, told Reuters<\/a>.<\/a>
That contradicted a statement from Mr Trump, who on Friday told reporters his understanding was that India would \u201cno longer\u201d be buying oil from Russia.
“These are long-term oil contracts,” an unnamed Indian official told Reuters. “It is not so simple to just stop buying overnight.\u201d
Last week, Mr Trump said India would face unspecified penalties for buying Russian oil <\/a>in addition to a 25 percent tariff on goods. However, China and Turkey, two countries that also purchase large amounts of Russian oil, have not faced similar penalty threats.
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