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Putin hopes that the use of nuclear weapons will not be necessary in Ukraine
Municipal workers clean up around burnt cars in the residential area following Russia's drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, May 4, 2025

RUSSIA’S President Vladimir Putin told a television documentary that he hoped that nuclear weapons will not be required in Ukraine.

President Putin was speaking in an out-take shown today of a documentary by Rossiya-1’s Telegram channel to mark the Russian president’s 25 years in power.

Mr Putin told interviewer Pavel Zarubin: “There has been no need to use those nuclear weapons and I hope they will not be required,” to hit back against Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory.

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