Russia’s Lavrov says work underway on Putin’s order on possible Russian nuclear test

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Saturday that work is underway on President Vladimir Putin’s order to prepare proposals for a possible Russian nuclear test.

Lavrov said: “Regarding President Vladimir Putin’s instruction at the Security Council meeting on November 5, it has been accepted for implementation and is being worked on. The public will be informed of the results.”

The order was in response to President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement last week that the US would resume testing.

Russia had received no clarification from the US regarding Trump’s order.

Russia-US relations have deteriorated sharply in the past few weeks as Trump, frustrated with a lack of progress toward ending the war in Ukraine, has canceled a planned summit with Putin and imposed sanctions on Russia for the first time since returning to the White House in January.