Putin: I hope that the use of nuclear weapons will not be necessary

Russia has sufficient potential to successfully conclude the conflict with Ukraine without using its nuclear arsenal, despite external provocations.

This statement was made by Russian leader Vladimir Putin during an interview with VGTRK journalist Pavel Zarubin, a fragment of which appeared on the journalist's Telegram channel.

"They wanted to provoke us, they wanted us to make mistakes. And there was no need to use the weapons you just mentioned. I hope it won't be necessary. We have enough forces and means to bring what was started in 2022 to a logical conclusion with the result needed for Russia," Putin emphasized.