Finnish President Alexander Stubb has underscored his country's newfound commitment to the NATO military alliance in the face of threats from Russia and beyond.

Stubb sat down with DW's political correspondent Hans Brandt on Tuesday during a visit to Berlin to mark the 25th anniversary of the Nordic embassies in the city.

"Russia is waging a war of aggression in which it is violating every possible tenet of international law … whether it's UN charters, territorial integrity or sovereignty, or whether it's the OSCE," Stubb said told DW.

"I think it's very important that NATO has a strong deterrence, and that deterrence is based on troops, it's based on missiles, and it's based on a nuclear deterrence."

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