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Scholz: Risk of Russia using nuclear weapons has diminished, for now

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Lower Saxony State Premier Stephan Weil and North Rhine-Westphalia State Premier Hendrik Wuest attend a news conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, December 8, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

The risk of Russian President Vladimir President Putin using nuclear weapons as part of his war in Ukraine has decreased in response to international pressure, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in an interview published on Thursday.

The war was continuing with "undiminished brutality" though, for now, one thing had changed, Scholz told Funke media in an interview to mark his first year in office.

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