欧盟外交与安全政策高级代表卡拉斯：今天，我们将针对俄罗斯的军事工业综合体新增近1600项制裁名单。这将是自俄罗斯发动军事行动以来，我们制裁名单规模最大的一次扩充。

北约最高指挥官格林凯维奇：我不认为冲突即将发生或不可避免。

New Zealand's governing National Party said high debt and budget deficits make now the wrong time for tax cuts. Finance spokeswoman Nicola Willis said the immediate priority is reducing debt and investing in frontline services, especially health and infrastructure. The party's policy paper says tax cuts will be considered only once finances return to surplus and surpluses are increasing; the current focus is achieving a fiscal surplus and lowering debt.