Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine had not arisen and that he hopes it will not.In comments aired Sunday in a film by Russian state television about his quarter of a century in power,

President Trump "wants to see a permanent ceasefire first, to stop the killing, stop the bloodshed," press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.

In the first days of May, the leaders of the US and Ukraine, as well as the head of the Kremlin, made several statements about the war. Donald Trump essentially admitted that peace might be unattainable,