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News Topical, Digital Desk : Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Russia is capable of taking the Ukraine war to its logical conclusion. Russia will achieve its goals in Ukraine. He said that there has been no need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, and hopefully there will be no need for it in the future either. "They wanted to provoke us so that we would make mistakes. Hopefully that won't be needed," Putin said when asked by a reporter about the threat of a nuclear attack from the Ukraine war in a film "Russia, Kremlin, Putin, 25 Years" aired on state television on Sunday about Putin's 25-year tenure as Russia's supreme leader. It is worth noting that Putin ordered military action on Ukraine in February 2022, which started the biggest ground conflict in Europe since World War II. Millions of soldiers have died in this war.
Putin keeps thinking about his successor
"I always think about it. Ultimately, the choice is for the Russian people to make. I think there should be one person, or rather several people, so that people have a choice," Putin said when asked if he thinks about succession as Russia's supreme leader. Although Putin has no clear successor, according to the Russian constitution, if the president is unable to fulfill his duties, the prime minister – currently Mikhail Mishustin – will assume presidential powers.
Putin is a former KGB lieutenant colonel
Putin is a former lieutenant colonel of the KGB. He was handed over the presidency by the ailing Boris Yeltsin in 1999. He remained president until 2008. After this, he held the post of Prime Minister from 2008 to 2012. He has been in this position continuously since being re-elected President in 2012. He is the longest-serving Kremlin leader after Joseph Stalin. Stalin ruled for 29 years until his death in 1953. While Putin's opponents, most of whom are now in prison or abroad, regard him as a dictator, Putin's supporters see him as a people's leader who pushed back against an arrogant West and ended the chaos that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
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