Putin, Macron discuss US strike on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

This was reported by the British edition of The Daily Mail, citing its own sources.

It became known that Putin said that the bombing of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which led to the surrender of Japan at the end of World War II, demonstrated that "you don't need to attack big cities to win."

According to the Daily Mail's interlocutors, Macron is alarmed by this statement, as it "sounded like a hint that Putin may use tactical nuclear weapons in eastern Ukraine, leaving Kyiv unharmed."

"It seems that this was the essence of his comments," writes The Daily Mail.

"The two presidents undoubtedly discussed the risk of using nuclear weapons," a French government source told the newspaper. Putin wants to convey the message that there are all options on the table by the Russian nuclear weapons doctrine."

• On October 18, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that he considers the likelihood of Russia using nuclear weapons against Ukraine low but carefully monitors the state and readiness of Russian nuclear forces. 

• On October 24, Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the defence ministry, said that the threat of Russia's use of nuclear weapons is real, but no more than eight months or two years ago. 

• On October 29, Spiegel reported that the Russian Federation discussed scenarios for a nuclear strike on Germany a few weeks before the Russian attack on Ukraine. 

• Dmitry Peskov, a Russian dictator Vladimir Putin spokesman, called The New York Times ' information about the discussion of a nuclear strike on Ukraine "pumping up the topic."  

• Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu accused Ukraine of being ready to deploy NATO nuclear weapons on its territory.  

• Later, on November 4, the Chinese leader told Scholz that he opposes the use of nuclear weapons in Europe.