The American president ordered the sending of two nuclear submarines on Friday after “provocateur” and “incendiaries” comments from former Russian president Dmitri Medvedev.
Tension still rises a notch between the United States and Russia. Friday, Donald Trump announced on his social social network having ordered the deployment of two nuclear submarines “In the areas concerned” after “Highly provocative declarations of the former Russian president Dmitri Medvedev »today vice-president of the Security Council of the Russian Federation. The American leader did not specify where exactly the submarines would be sent, nor if they were submersibles with nuclear propulsion or submarines carrying atomic warheads. He justified his choice by the possibility that “These insane and incendiary declarations (be) more serious”. “The words are very important and can often have unexpected consequences. I hope this will not be the case “he then warned.
In his message, Donald Trump did not specify what were the words «provocateurs» de Dmitri Medvedev, president of Russia from 2008 to 2012 between two mandates from Vladimir Putin. But his speaking comes after numerous exchanges by interposed networks, the last of which is a message from the former Russian president published on July 31 on his Telegram account. “If the words of a former Russian president provoke such a nervous reaction to such a formidable American president, this means that Russia is absolutely right and that it will continue to follow its way”he said. Dmitri Medvedev also reacted to the previous declarations of Donald Trump who had described as “Deaths” Russian and Indian savings. “Let him remember the danger that the legendary” dead hand “can represent”he continued, adding a mocking emoji.
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Nuclear response
By evoking the “Main dead”Dmitri Medvedev refers to an automated nuclear response system set up by the Soviet Union in the 1980s, in the midst of the Cold War. This ultra-secret device allowed the USSR to take control of its nuclear arsenal in the event of destruction of its chain of command. It would have been designed in reaction to the United States development of new missiles and in order to have a deterrent weapon. Concretely, this system triggered nuclear missiles on American targets if it detected a nuclear attack on Moscow.
Thus, by mentioning the “Main dead”Dmitri Medvedev seeks to reaffirm the power of the Russian nuclear weapon. A threat he brandished regularly, as in 2023 when he said that “The threat of a nuclear conflict has not passed. It has increased. Every day when foreign weapons are delivered to Ukraine ultimately brings this same nuclear apocalypse closer to Ukraine ».
Dmitri Medvedev, who was spent for a moderate president during his mandate, had been rather lenient in recent months towards the American president, welcoming his desire to shake up the world economic order by brutalizing his traditional allies or the way in which he had admonished Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House.
American sanctions
But the former Russian president does not appreciate that Russia receives orders, moreover from Washington. While Donald Trump gave a delay in “10-12 days” In Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine, Dmitri Medvedev raised the tone on July 28 in a post X, declaring that “Each new ultimatum is a threat and a step towards war. Not between Russia and Ukraine, but with its own country ”. “Trump plays the ultimatum game with Russia: fifty days or ten days … (…) Russia is neither Israel nor even Iran”he added.
Donald Trump put aside his benevolent posture towards Russia which he had endorsed since his return to the White House, tired of the lack of cooperation of Vladimir Putin to find a peace agreement with his Ukrainian counterpart. “We will impose sanctions”said the American president on Thursday. The American billionaire considers so -called so -called sanctions “Secondary”which will be imposed on the economic partners of Russia such as India and China who buy, among other things, Russian oil, with the aim of drying up this essential source of income for the Russian war machine.
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“Russia? I find what they do disgusting ”Also said Donald Trump referring to the continuation of Ukraine’s bombings. According to an AFP analysis, the Russian armed forces have never launched as many drones against Ukraine as in July 2025. This analysis, based on figures provided by kyiv, reveals that Moscow fired 6,297 long -range drones against Ukraine last month, a figure increasing for the third consecutive month and up 16% compared to June.
