Russia Backs Off Nuclear Threats and Kneecaps

In an unprecedented transfer, Russian President Vladimir Putin has stepped into the spat between President Donald Trump and former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to guarantee that everybody is aware of that Russia isn’t threatening nuclear battle over Trump assigning a deadline for Russia to start talks with Ukraine.

“Russia is very cautious about nuclear nonproliferation matters, and we believe everyone should be very careful about nuclear rhetoric,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov mentioned Monday in his day by day call with journalists, in which he cautioned against nuclear escalation.

Peskov’s remarks, the first official assertion from the Kremlin about Trump’s transfer, appeared to distance Russian President Vladimir Putin from Medvedev, a longtime prime minister under Putin who now serves as deputy chairman of the nation’s Security Council.

As I associated in President Trump Orders Deployment of Nuclear Forces to Counter Russian Threats, Putin’s assault canine, Dmitry Medvedev, took offense when President Trump introduced he was “very disappointed” in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s no longer pretending like he took Trump’s campaign to finish the battle in Ukraine severely. “I’m going to make a new deadline, of about 10, 10 or 12 days from today,” Trump mentioned. “There’s no reason for waiting. It was 50 days. I wanted to be generous, but we just don’t see any progress being made.”

In a message on X, Medvedev mentioned:

Trump’s taking part in the ultimatum sport with Russia: 50 days or 10… He ought to keep in mind 2 issues: 

1. Russia is not Israel or even Iran. 

2. Each new ultimatum is a risk and a step in direction of battle. Not between Russia and Ukraine, but with his own nation. Don’t go down the Sleepy Joe highway!

As I famous in that post, Russia threatening a nuclear holocaust every time some alcoholic denizen of the Kremlin has unhealthy borscht is what passes for diplomacy in Putin’s Russia. Since the battle started in Ukraine, Russian officers have threatened to nuke anyone or one thing over 70 occasions.

Unlike in the previous, when some components of the West shivered and ran for cowl, President Trump took a Reagan-esque place by tackling the risk head-on, utilizing Truth Social as his vehicle.

Based on the extremely 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’ve ordered two Nuclear Submarines to be positioned in the suitable areas, just in case these silly and inflammatory statements are more than just that. Words are very important, and can typically lead to unintended penalties, I hope this won’t be one of those situations. Thank you for your consideration to this matter!

Later, Medvedev took one other shot at Trump.

About Trump’s threats against me in his personal community Truth, which he banned from working in our nation.

If some phrases of the previous Russian president trigger such a nervous response in the whole, formidable US president, then Russia is correct in every little thing and will proceed to go its own means.

And about the “dead economy” of India and Russia and “entering dangerous territory” — effectively, let him keep in mind his favourite movies about the “walking dead,” as effectively as how harmful a “dead hand” that doesn’t exist in nature may be. [“tears of joy” emoji]

“Dead hand,” of course, refers to the Russian system, developed during the Soviet period, for launching nuclear missiles without the order of political or navy management.

Trump ignored it, and then essentially the most wonderful factor occurred. Medvedev disappeared from X. There are no additional feedback to anybody.

In in the present day’s information briefing, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry “adult materialstache” Peskov made it very clear that many people, like Medvedev, have harsh views about the United States, but national coverage is made only by Putin.

Foreign coverage is formulated by the pinnacle of the state – President Putin. Medvedev’s hardline stance is supposed for the Russians, people inside the borders.

The world is adviced not to get jumbled up or confused. pic.twitter.com/o8gkkthVfe

— Aarpha (@aarpha__) August 4, 2025

“There can be no winner in a nuclear war,” Peskov mentioned. “This is probably the key premise we rely on. We do not think there is talk of any escalation.”

In the historical past of Russian nuclear threats, this is a singular occasion since Putin grew to become president. For the first time, an American president has pushed back on the balderdash coming from Moscow, and they’ve rapidly folded. Forcing the Kremlin to disavow the crap slung about by Putin’s proxy was a big climb-down. 

In the unique post, I mentioned;

A high-profile, public response to Russian threats has been needed for years. While we could not take Russia’s bluster all that severely, what we ignore is that Russia’s risk messages aren’t aimed at us. They are aimed at our allies or unaligned nations who see Russia threatening us while we do nothing. Hopefully, this will also be a signal to Russian President Vladimir Putin that the tales he learn about Russia’s affect over President Trump in the Washington Post had been faux information and a warning to the Russian simps who have been invited into the Defense Department in giant numbers that it is time to select a aspect.

Russia’s response to Trump rising U.S. nuclear alert standing (or at least showing to do so) won’t be misplaced on the remainder of the world.

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