'Don't need to hit major cities': Putin cites Hiroshima during chat with Macron

'Don't need to hit major cities': Putin cites Hiroshima during chat with Macron

Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly referenced atomic bombings in Japan during a conversation with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron. A report in UK's Daily Mail says that Putin expressed his view that the bombings – which triggered the Japanese surrender and the end of the Second World War – demonstrated that ‘you don’t need to attack the major cities in order to win. Putin's comment is said to have 'alarmed' Macron who saw it as a…

Putin warns 'Hiroshima nuke attack proves hitting big cities won't win war'

VLADIMIR Putin has sparked alarm among Western leaders when he referenced the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuke attacks as a way to win a war in a chilling