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.

Russian president Vladimir Putin said that the need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine had not arisen, and that he hoped it would not arise. In an interview broadcast on Sunday by Russian state television about his 25 years in power,

Russian President Vladimir Putin said there has been no need to use nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine and expressed hope that such a scenario will not arise.