Speaking aboard Air Force One as he traveled to Japan, Trump
advised Putin, who boasted about the weapon’s lethality, to focus on ending the
44-month conflict in Ukraine.

“I don’t think it’s an appropriate thing for Putin to be
saying,” he said. “He ought to get the war ended. That’s what he ought to do
instead of testing missiles.”

The president told reporters that the United States tests
missiles all the time and owns a nuclear submarine, “the greatest in the world,
right off their (Russia’s) shore.”

In his reaction, Moscow critic Yuriy Boyechko described the
tests of the Burevestnik and Yars ballistic missiles as “nuclear blackmail in
its purest form.”

The Hope for Ukraine founder insists the tests were not
random military exercises, but calculated psychological operations “designed to
exploit Trump’s vulnerabilities and force him into submission.”

Boyechko observed that every time Trump imposes sanctions,
such as those against Rosneft and Lukoil, Putin responds with nuclear
saber-rattling to get America to back down or risk escalation.

He said the manipulation runs deeper than mere intimidation
as the Russian leader understands that Trump operates under intense domestic
pressure and craves decisive wins without protracted conflicts.

Boyechko added that by brandishing nuclear weapons, Putin is
attempting to corner Trump into a false choice: either accept Russian
aggression in Ukraine and beyond, or face the prospect of nuclear war.

According to the humanitarian, the curre​nt situation is a masterclass in
coercive diplomacy, where President Putin uses the ultimate weapon not to
destroy, but to control.

“As Trump’s options appear to narrow under this nuclear
shadow, Putin may overplay his hand, miscalculating that his isolated position
and dwindling resources can sustain this bluff indefinitely,” he noted.