Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Sky News that the US and NATO are expanding onto Russia's borders - and not the other way around.

At his traditional end of year news conference, Mr Putin answered questions from the world's media. And he told Sky News' Russia Correspondent Diana Magnay that his country wasn't threatening anybody and that he didn't want conflict in Ukraine. But he said the ball "is in the West's court".

Watch their exchange here in full.

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