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Abigail O'Leary

Russia 'using trained dolphins' to protect Black Sea Kremlin naval base

Russia is reportedly using trained dolphins to protect a Black Sea Kremlin naval base, according to a naval analyst.

Satellite images could prove the marine mammals are being used as two water pens have been spotted at the entrance to Sevastopol harbor in Crimea — which Russian forces annexed from Ukraine in 2014.

According to submarine analyst H I Sutton, the pens were moved there in February - around the time Russia began its invasion of Ukraine.

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