Overview
- At a televised Security Council session, Vladimir Putin directed relevant agencies to gather additional information and present coordinated proposals for possible preparatory work on nuclear tests.
- Defence Minister Andrei Beloussov called for immediate preparation for large-scale tests and identified the Novaya Zemlya archipelago in the Arctic as a potential site.
- Russia’s foreign intelligence chief, Sergei Naryshkin, said diplomats have asked U.S. counterparts to clarify President Donald Trump’s widely publicized statements on testing.
- U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the activity referenced by Trump would involve non‑critical experiments that do not produce a nuclear detonation.
- Putin emphasized Russia’s adherence to Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty obligations and warned of reciprocal measures if others conduct tests, with no confirmed nuclear detonations by either power since 1992 for the U.S. and 1990 for Russia.