Russia will hit atomic weapons in Ukraine? Putin: I hope there will be no need

Russian leader Vladimir Putin said in an interview with Russian public television that the need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine has not yet existed and expressed the hope that it would not exist – the Reuters agency said on Sunday.

In a fragment of an interview published on a telegram, Putin stated that Russia has strength and means to bring a war against Ukraine to a “logical end”.

The whole interview is to be broadcast on Sunday evening.

The Russian authorities announced on April 28 that they announce a suspension of weapons in the war with Ukraine from midnight from May 7 to 8 to midnight from 10 to 11 May “for humanitarian reasons.” These dates coincide with May 9, when Russia will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany in World War II.

The President of Ukraine Wołodymyr Zelanski rejected the Kremlin's proposal to take the arms to last only three days and appealed by a 30-day truce, in accordance with the strategy proposed by the US authorities.

On Sunday, the Kremlin and the Chinese Press Agency Xinhua confirmed that from 7 to 10 May the leader of the PRC XI Jinping will come to Russia. (PAP)

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