00:00U.S. President Donald Trump has said that he ordered two nuclear submarines to move to regions near Russia
00:08in response to statements from the country's former President Dmitry Medvedev.
00:13It comes after Medvedev warned Trump on Thursday to remember that Moscow had Soviet-era nuclear strike capabilities of last resort.
00:22Trump didn't say where the submarines would be moved to or specify whether he meant nuclear-powered or nuclear-armed subs.
00:28Also on Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko,
00:36announcing plans to deploy Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missiles to Belarus, posing a threat to neighboring Ukraine.
00:44Russia has continued its large-scale attacks on Ukraine despite U.S. efforts to secure a peace deal.
00:50Trump has said that Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is heading to Russia to push Moscow to agree to a ceasefire in its war with Ukraine
00:57and has threatened new economic sanctions if progress is not made.
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