Trump confirms two nuclear subs in Russia's region after ‘highly provocative' taunt
The move from the president comes ahead of special envoys Steve Witkoff's visit to Russia.
Russian state media has reported Witkoff will arrive on Wednesday, two days before Trump's Friday ceasefire deadline.
The deadline, initially 50 days long, was cut to 10 days with the president threatening Russia with secondary tariffs.
Trump took to Truth Social on Friday to state the deployment of nuclear submarines, describing Medvedev's rhetoric as "highly provocative".
"Based on the highly provocative statements of the Former President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, who is now the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, 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.
"Words are very important, and can often lead to unintended consequences, I hope this will not be one of those instances. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"
The Kremlin has dismissed Trump's statements, with spokesman Dmitry Peskov saying the US submarines were on combat duty anyway.
Peskov went on to address the meeting between Witkoff and Russian officials, hinting that everyone should be "very cautious" with nuclear rhetoric.
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