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Russia Considers Resumption of Nuclear Tests Following Trumps Announcement

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(Left) U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Aug. 18, 2025. (Right) Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 15, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty ImagesRussian President Vladimir Putin announced on Wednesday that his officials will draft plans for possible nuclear weapons testing, in a tit-for-tat response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement last week.Putin appeared on television to announce that Moscow is considering a resumption in testing for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union ended the Cold War in 1991.

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