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The Ukrainian Defence Ministry’s chief intelligence agency has released the footage before the attack on the Russian Black Sea fleet "Sergey Kotov" frigate took place. The footage was captured by crew members of a nearby Russian ship. The released footage shows Ukrainian "Magura V5" underwater drones attacking the ship, and the ship’s crewmembers firing intensively at the drones. It should be noted that the ship was sunk as a result of strikes by underwater drones near the Kerch Strait. (c)kanal13 http://youtube.com/kanal13az/join - click here and support Kanal13 monthly for distributing more videos and independent journalism

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Finland must have a nuclear deterrent. The new President of Finland, Alexander Stubb, said this. "Finland must have a nuclear deterrent. "NATO, of which we are a member, provides us with three deterrents: the first is the military, the second is missiles, ammunition, and the third is nuclear weapons from the United States," he said. When asked about his views on nuclear weapons at his first news conference as president, Stubb said it would be for the Finnish government and parliament to decide if Finland wants to alter its current legislation that bans nuclear weapons on Finnish soil, including their transfer. It should be noted that even during his candidacy, Stubb did not rule out the deployment of nuclear weapons on the territory of Finland if the parliament changes the legislation. At his official inauguration in parliament, Stubb said he stood ready to oversee a new era after Finland joined NATO in response to neighbouring Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "We are now facing a new era. As a result of our military alignment and NATO membership, we have taken the final step into the Western community of values, where our republic has spiritually belonged throughout its independence," Stubb said in his address to parliament during the inauguration. Accession to NATO was a significant step in a new direction for Finland. In the wake of the Cold War, Finland was one of the few countries in Europe not to abandon and dismantle its national defence capability to pursue a 'peace dividend.' With the country's history of invasion and experience from World War II, and its 1,340 km–long border with Russia, an awareness of proximity to possible conflict is omnipresent in Finnish culture. (c)Kanal13 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAhFfnlImbw

Russia poses a serious challenge to America’s military dominance, Air Force General Anthony Cotton, who heads the US Strategic Command, said. Moscow already possesses a nuclear arsenal that exceeds Washington’s and is actively modernizing it, he told the US Senate’s Armed Forces Committee in a prepared statement. Together with China, Russia is swiftly improving its position against the US and its allies “in multiple domains,” the general warned, adding that the pace of these changes is increasing and is now much faster than that seen “just a few years ago.” He pointed to a recent statement from Russian President Vladimir Putin, who said in early February that the Russian strategic nuclear forces had been “almost completely modernized.” The naval component of the nation’s nuclear deterrence triad had been almost 100% upgraded, he said. “Russia is currently in possession of the largest and most diverse nuclear arsenal of any nation,” Cotton said, specifically pointing to Moscow’s Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missiles and brand-new submarines, also capable of carrying nuclear weapons. According to the US general, Moscow is also “expanding and modernizing its nuclear options” beyond the classic nuclear triad. In particular he drew senators’ attention to the Kinzhal and Tsirkon hypersonic missiles, both of which he claimed could carry nuclear payloads. The US strategic forces are currently operating “in the face of challenges unlike anything America has ever encountered,” Cotton warned, adding that the combined potentials of Russia and China, together with North Korea’s and Iran’s nuclear ambitions, “add new layers of complexity to our strategic calculus.” He urged senators to facilitate a rapid upgrade of the US’ own arsenal, adding that “it is absolutely critical we continue at speed, with the modernization of our nuclear triad.” (c)Kanal13 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa3Tzde17bE