Kremlin Rules Out Using Nuclear Weapons Over Ukraine War

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (front) and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attend a session of the Council of Heads of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Sochi on Oct. 11, 2017. Maxim Shemetov/AFP/Getty Images

A top Kremlin official this week ruled out using nuclear force over the conflict in Ukraine.

“No one is thinking about using—about even the idea of using a nuclear weapon,” Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov told PBS on Monday evening.