The United States has released footage showcasing its nuclear deterrence capabilities amid escalating tensions with Russia over a potential peace deal to end the war in Ukraine.Newsweek has contacted the Russian defense and foreign ministries for comment via email.

Donald Trump ruffled Kremlin feathers last week, when he ordered two US nuclear submarines to move closer to Russia.

Russia has abandoned a long-held nuclear "freeze" after Donald Trump deployed submarines near Vladimir Putin's coasts. Moscow has said it no longer considers itself bound by a self-imposed ban on the deployment of missiles - and is poised to bring short- and intermediate-range nuclear weapons into action.