Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Monday, August 4th, Moscow was anticipating “important” talks with Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, later this week, ahead of the U.S. president’s looming deadline to impose fresh sanctions on Moscow if it does not make progress towards a peace deal with Ukraine.
Trump confirmed on Sunday that Special Envoy Steve Witkoff will visit Russia, likely on “Wednesday or Thursday,” where he is expected to meet President Vladimir Putin.
Speaking to reporters, Trump also said that two nuclear submarines he deployed following an online row with former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev were now “in the region.”
Trump has not said whether he meant nuclear-powered or nuclear-armed submarines. He also did not elaborate on the exact deployment locations, which are kept secret by the U.S. military.
Russia, in its first comments on the deployment, urged “caution.”
“Russia is very attentive to the topic of nuclear non-proliferation. And we believe that everyone should be very, very cautious with nuclear rhetoric,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters today.
