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Moscow on Thursday sought to ease escalating tensions with Washington over nuclear weapons after tests of two Russian nuclear-capable systems prompted US President Donald Trump to call for American drills.

The Kremlin insisted that its recent tests of the Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile and the Poseidon underwater drone did not amount to a direct test of an atomic warhead. Both the United States and Russia observe a de facto moratorium on testing nuclear warheads, though Moscow frequently conducts military exercises involving weapons capable of carrying nuclear payloads.

“Regarding the tests of Poseidon and Burevestnik, we hope that the information was conveyed correctly to President Trump," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said during a briefing on Thu

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