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.

President Vladimir Putin said in remarks published on Sunday that Russia had sufficient strength and resources to take the war in Ukraine to its logical conclusion, though he hoped that there would be no need to use nuclear weapons.

Vladimir Putin says he hopes the need to use nuclear weapons in Russia's war in Ukraine won't arise in a chilling warning to Kyiv and its allies.