'Complete nonsense': Russian prez says no plans to attack Nato nations

Vladimir Putin said Russia has no intention of attacking Nato countries, describing as "complete nonsense" claims by President Joe Biden that Moscow poses a threat to members of the defence alliance.

Biden told reporters this month that "if Putin takes Ukraine, he won't stop there", as he urged lawmakers to release $61 billion in military aid to Kyiv held up in a dispute with Republicans over border security.

"If he keeps going and then he attacks a Nato ally", US forces would be obliged to defend the territory and there'd be "American troops fighting Russian troops", the president said.