The growing exchange of accusations between the United States and Russia over possible nuclear exercises seems to have no end, and means that the two countries have already entered, fully, into a dangerous scenario. Al-Kermin denied, on Sunday, that Russian President Vladimir Putin, She ordered the start of preparations for nuclear tests After he pointed this out In recent days, US President Donald Trump. However, the Russian authorities admitted that “if the other party does this,” in a clear reference to Washington, which in response announced the resumption of nuclear testing in its country, it will also have to back down. “Act the same way.”
This is what Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov expressed in statements to the television program Moscow. The Kremlin.Putin Which is broadcast every Sunday on Russian state television, highlighted this Putin “did not give orders to begin preparations” Because first you need to understand “if it is necessary to do this.”
“This should be a very serious, well-founded and carefully thought-out decision. Our specialists will now work on this matter,” the spokesman added, recalling that Putin has repeatedly stated that Russia is firmly committed to banning nuclear testsAs stated in the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which was established in 1996 between the world’s major powers.
“We have no intention of implementing it. But if the other party does, we will have to act in the same way,” he added. Peskov also warned, adding that Moscow is still trying to understand what exactly the head of the White House meant when he ordered his forces to conduct nuclear weapons tests under the pretext that other countries are also conducting them.
Thus, the leader of the White House announced such a decision last October 30, after Russia conducted exercises for its nuclear forces with cruise missiles and the unmanned nuclear submarine “Poseidon” during the past two weeks. Despite this, they confirmed from Russia that these moves were just an issue Testing of two new generation weapons systems With atomic propulsion. “This cannot in any way be interpreted as a nuclear test,” they noted from the Kremlin after learning of Trump’s decision, which they openly criticized.
The Russian authorities also admitted this The White House was informed of the launches from Moscow The tests were conducted using the Burevestnik cruise missile on October 21, and the Poseidon unmanned submarine on October 28. Given this, and because of the consequences this raised for the US administration, they expressed confidence that the information was “correctly conveyed to President Trump.”
Despite all this, the Kremlin spokesman confirmed this Sunday “Neither Russia nor China is testing nuclear weapons.”Although he declared that they “fully understand” what the Russian president means. “He always acts accordingly,” he declared.
Russia confirms that it is continuing without receiving explanations
Like Peskov, the Russian Foreign Ministry also expressed regret on Sunday that it had not received any explanation from the United States as to why it had resumed its nuclear weapons testing programme. He added, “We have not yet received any explanation through diplomatic channels.” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said: “About what President Trump meant when he announced the resumption of nuclear testing.”
“We’re still not clear If he refers to experiments with projectiles carrying nuclear warheadsThe minister added in a press conference reported by the Russian news agency TASS, “Whether he was talking about so-called subcritical tests (which are actually maintenance tests that do not produce a nuclear reaction) or was he really referring to the resumption of large-scale nuclear tests?”
At the moment, Russia has received only the same information that US representatives have expressed publicly in recent days, namely statements It also didn’t help in detailing exactly what it consisted of. Nuclear tests ordered by Washington. Indeed, for Lavrov, these kinds of comments indicate that even the subordinates of the White House leader “do not make it clear what the President of the United States means.”
Even the secrecy surrounding these nuclear tests came in recent days from Trump himself, who confirmed last Friday that his country would conduct nuclear tests “very soon,” but He declined to clarify what kind of evidence it involved. And whether they include underground explosions, a type of testing the United States has not done in 33 years.
“They will find out very soon. We will be doing the tests very soon. Other countries are doing them, and if they do them, We’re going to do it“The President simply said aboard Air Force One bound for Florida. “I’m not going to say exactly what we’re going to do or where we’re going to do it,” he added. He stated this frankly in front of reporters.
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