The Kremlin stated on Monday (August 4, 2025) that everybody ought to be cautious about nuclear rhetoric, in its first response to an announcement by U.S. President Donald Trump that he had ordered a repositioning of U.S. nuclear submarines.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov performed down the importance of Mr. Trump’s announcement final Friday (August 1, 2025) that he had ordered two submarines to be moved to “the appropriate regions” in response to remarks from former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev in regards to the threat of conflict 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’s the first thing,” Mr. Peskov informed reporters.
“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 stated that Russia didn’t see Mr. Trump’s assertion as marking an escalation in nuclear rigidity.
“We do not believe that we are talking about any escalation now. It is clear that very complex, very sensitive issues are being discussed, which, of course, are perceived very emotionally by many people,” he stated.
Mr. Peskov declined to reply immediately when requested whether or not the Kremlin had tried to warn Mr. Medvedev to tone down his on-line altercation with Mr. Trump.
“Listen, in every country, members of the leadership… have different points of view on events that are taking place, different attitudes. There are people who are very, very tough-minded in the United States of America and in European countries, so this is always the case,” he stated.
“But the main thing, of course, is the position of President (Vladimir) Putin,” he stated. “You know that in our country, foreign policy is formulated by the head of state, that is, President Putin.”
