Russia's President Putin readies to resume nuclear weapons testing but only if US does so first

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Russia's President Putin readies to resume nuclear weapons testing but only if US does so first  Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered officials on Wednesday to submit proposals for a possible resumption of nuclear tests in response to President Donald Trump’s statements last week that appeared to suggest the US will restart its own atomic tests.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/11/05/russias-president-putin-readies-to-resume-nuclear-weapons-testing-but-only-if-us-does-so-f  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered officials to prepare for a possible resumption

00:04of nuclear tests, he told his Security Council on Wednesday. Last week, President Trump appeared

00:10to indicate that America would restart its own atomic tests.

00:16I instruct the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation,

00:21special services and relevant civilian organizations to do everything possible

00:26to gather additional information on this matter, analyze it within the Security Council

00:32and submit coordinated proposals on the possible commencement of preparations for nuclear weapons tests.

00:45Putin said Russia would only restart tests if the U.S. does so first.

00:52Trump appeared to signal that America would resume nuclear tests for the first time in 30

00:56years, but his energy secretary said on Sunday that the weapons testing system would not include

01:03nuclear explosions.

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