Putin expresses “Amal” that nuclear weapons are not needed in Ukraine Russia-Ukraine, news war

The comments were broadcast before the ceasefire for three days for Putin, as Zelinski says in Ukraine he does not believe that “Russia will adhere to the pledge.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said there is no need yet to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, expressing “hope” that it is not required.

Putin said that his country has enough “power and means” to bring the three -year war, which was raised by Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, to “a logical result with the result required by Russia.” His comments were part of a documentary that defines a quarter of a century in power by the government television channel Russia 1 which was released on Sunday.

In response to a question from journalist Pavel Zarubin about the Russian response to the Ukrainian strikes on Russian soil, Putin said: “There was no need to use these (nuclear) weapons … and I hope they are not required.”

His comments came before announcing one side Three days ceasefire During the period from May 8 to 10 to celebrate the eighties of the Soviet Union’s victory and its allies against Nazi Germany in World War II, an initiative claimed to test Kiev’s long -term peace.

Moscow earlier rejected an unconditional ceasefire for 30 days, which was proposed by Kiev and Washington in March.

“No faith”

Speaking during the visit of the Czech Republic, the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy He said he “does not think” that Russia will adhere to its truce. “This is not the first challenge, nor are these the first promises that Russia made to stop the fire,” he said.

“Today and all these days are talking about the desire for a kind of partial ceasefire, but you should know, for example, that the number of attacks today is the highest in recent months,” said Zellinski, citing a military report showing that Russia has carried out more than 200 attacks on Saturday.

He said: “Therefore, there is no faith (in them),” Kiev’s allies call for increasing pressure on Russia at a joint press conference with Czech President Peter Paville on the first day of his two -day visit to the country.

Paville, a former general in NATO, said that Putin could end the war with a “one decision”, but he did not show any “preparedness” to do so.

Continuous strikes

As the two countries continue to disagree with the competing ceasefire proposals, the fighting is still fighting.

The Ukrainian Air Force said that Russia fired ballistic missiles and a total of 165 drones and ran over overnight. Among them, 69 were intercepted and 80 were lost, probably after electronic jamming.

Two people were killed by Russian bombs on Sunday, one in Sumi.

The governmental emergency service in Ukraine said on Sunday that a Russian drone attack overnight on the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, was injured 11 people.

The Russian Ministry of Defense said that its air defenses shot down 13 Ukrainian drones overnight.

The governor of the Bianank region in Russia said that the Ukrainian forces struck an electrical equipment factory near the border with Ukraine, which destroyed a lot of the factory, but it does not cause no losses.