Trump sends ships, the Kremlin responds. “Everyone should be careful”

Everyone should be careful in statements about nuclear weapons – said on Monday the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Pieskow in response to the US President Donald Trump's issuing an order to distribute American submarines with nuclear drive by the distribution of “closer to Russia”.

Pieskow, cited by the Reuters agency, admitted that it is obvious that American submarines are already serving the combat service. At the same time, he emphasized that Moscow was not going to get into a polemic with Washington in this matter.

Trump ordered two nuclear submarines on Friday in “appropriate regions” in response to the threats of the former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev. In an interview with TV, Newsmax then added that they are now “closer to Russia”.

“The former President of Russia, who currently manages one of the most important institutions (he is the vice -chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation – PAP), he said some very bad things, talking about atom. And when the word” atom “is rained, my red lamp lights up and I think it is worth being careful” – explained Trump in an interview with Newsmax.

“That's why I sent two atomic submarines to this region. I just want to make sure that his words are just words and nothing more,” he added. When asked if the ships are now closer to Russia, he said: “They are closer to Russia, yes – they are closer to Russia.”

Medvedev recommended Trump on Telegram to “remember about his favorite films about” walking dead “, as well as how dangerous” Dead hand “could be in nature.”

“Dead hand” is the colloquial term for the Soviet Perimeter system regarding the response to a potential nuclear attack.

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