U.S. President Donald Trump declared on Friday that he ordered the positioning of two nuclear submarines in regions near Russia in response to threats from former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
„Based on the extremely provocative statements of former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who is currently the Vice President of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, I have ordered that two nuclear submarines be positioned in the corresponding regions in case these foolish and inflammatory statements go beyond that.
Words are very important and can often lead to unintended consequences, I hope this will not be one of those cases," Donald Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
He did not provide details about the submarines in question or the location where they will be repositioned.
In recent days, Donald Trump and Dmitry Medvedev have engaged in a remote dispute on social media.
Medvedev told U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday to remember that Russia possesses nuclear attack capabilities from the Soviet era that it could use as a last resort.
The statement came after Trump told Medvedev to "measure his words" after the latter stated that the American president's threat to hit Russia and its oil buyers with sanctions and punitive tariffs is "a game of ultimatums" and a step closer to a direct war between Russia and the U.S.
Furthermore, the former Russian president told the American president to consider that "Russia is not Israel or even Iran."
"Tell Medvedev, the former failed president of Russia who thinks he is still president, to measure his words. He is entering very dangerous territory!," Trump reacted on the Truth Social network.
Subsequently, Medvedev said that Trump should not forget "how dangerous the legendary 'Dead Hand' can be", a reference to a secret semi-automatic command system of Russia designed during the Cold War to immediately launch nuclear missiles if the country's leadership is eliminated in a surprise enemy attack.