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.

Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West of trying to provoke him into using nuclear weapons in Ukraine, in comments in a Russian state television documentary film about his 25 years in power.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said there is no current need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, though he stressed Russia has the means to end the war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed Moscow's offer of a 72-hour ceasefire as insincere,