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- Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of the Russian Security Council, says Russia may deploy its navy to protect vessels from European powers amid Ukraine sanctions.
- Patrushev calls for a strong naval presence to deter Western actions, describing them as piracy.
- Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarus’s exiled opposition leader, says Belarus enables Russia's escalation by allowing nuclear missiles near the EU border and urges Europe to heed Belarus's role in Ukraine.
