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- Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned of “tragic consequences” for any country that sends troops to Ukraine.
- Putin gave an annual state of the nation address, two weeks before an election that he is all but certain to win.
- The 71-year-old leader addressed the war in Ukraine and outlined his economic, social and foreign policy goals.
- Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has tried to drum up Balkan support and promoted the idea of joint arms production at a two-day summit of southeast European countries.
- The funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, who died this month in a remote Arctic penal colony, will be held in Moscow on Friday. Hundreds of people were arrested across Russia at events commemorating the Kremlin critic.