Overview

• Trump justified ordering two nuclear submarines to position near Russian waters by citing Dmitry Medvedev’s warning that U.S. ultimatums edge toward war.
• The deployment reinforces a 10-day deadline for Moscow to agree to a Ukraine ceasefire or face severe economic sanctions.
• The administration has threatened secondary sanctions on countries buying Russian oil to choke off a key revenue stream for Moscow’s war effort.
• Trump released casualty figures—nearly 20,000 Russian deaths this month and over 112,000 so far in 2025 versus about 8,000 Ukrainian losses—to highlight the human cost of continued fighting.
• The Kremlin has shown no sign of accepting U.S. terms and remains committed to its own conditions for peace talks.