Need to use nuclear weapons has not arisen in Ukraine, says Putin

The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, said in comments broadcast on Sunday said that the need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine had not arisen, and that he hoped it would not. Speaking in a film by Russian state television about his 25 years in power, Putin said that Russia has the strength and the means to bring the conflict in Ukraine to what he called a "logical conclusion". Responding to a question from a state television reporter about Ukrainian strikes on Russia, Putin said: "There has been no need to use those [nuclear] weapons ... and I hope they will…