US-Russia Tensions Flare? Trump Sends Submarines, Russia Says ‘Those Regions Have Long Been Under Our Control’

AI generated image US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Photo: Gemini)

Hours after US President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the deployment of two nuclear submarines to regions near Russia, Russian lawmaker Viktor Vodolatsky responded by stating that the number of Russian nuclear submarines operating in the world’s oceans is significantly higher than that of the United States.

Vodolatsky added that the areas to which the American submarines were reportedly redirected have long been under Russian control.

“The number of Russian nuclear submarines in the world's oceans is significantly higher than the American ones, and the subs that US President Donald Trump ordered to be redirected to the appropriate regions have long been under their control. So no response from the Russian Federation to the American leader's statement about the submarines is required,” Vodolatsky was quoted as saying by TASS.

Vodolatsky also said the U.S. has long been in their crosshairs and urged both countries to reach a fundamental agreement to ease global tensions.

"Let the two US subs sail, they have been in the crosshairs for a long time now. A fundamental agreement that must be concluded between Russia and America so that the whole world calms down and stops talking about the beginning of World War III," he added.

US President Donald Trump on Friday announced that he had ordered the deployment of two nuclear submarines to areas near Russia, citing what he called "provocative statements" made by Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev.

"Based on the highly provocative statements of the Former President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, who is now the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, I have ordered two Nuclear Submarines to be positioned in the appropriate regions, just in case these foolish and inflammatory statements are more than just that," Trump said.

Following Trump's remarks, Dmitry Medvedev, in a message shared on his Telegram channel, said that if remarks from a former Russian president could trigger such a strong response from thesupposedly powerful U.S. president, it indicates that Russia is headed in the right direction and will stay the course.