US Secretary of Defence says the most effective deterrents to Russian aggression is a lethal NATO [SOUND]

# US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth is calling for peace through strength to help end the conflict in Ukraine, and for Russia to stop what he says is the needless bloodshed. NATO’s defence ministers, who have already pledged more drones for Ukraine, met in Brussels on Wednesday. Hegseth says if there is no path to peace in the short term, then the US, along with its allies, will take the steps necessary to impose costs on Russia for its continued aggression: