European Investment Bank (EIB) President Calvino: Europe’s defense industry needs to be strengthened.

U.S. Federal Register: Implementing new export restrictions on 93 entities from Russia, Kyrgyzstan, India, South Korea and Turkey.

Spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Defense: Russian troops continue to advance westward after the fall of the Ukrainian town of Avdivka.

Ukrainian President Zelensky: I don’t know whether Polish representatives will attend.

Ukrainian President Zelensky: An export working group led by the Ukrainian Prime Minister will visit the border with Poland on Friday.

ECB Governing Council member Nagel: Actions should be based on data performance, not the actions of other central banks.

ECB Governing Council member Nagel: I believe we will control inflation and we must not act prematurely.

ECB Governing Council member Nagel: Once policy begins to relax, it will tend to be gradual.

ECB Governing Council member Nagel: We are more satisfied with the current market pricing of the ECB’s interest rate cuts.

Ukrainian President Zelensky: Ukraine’s elections will not be canceled; voting postponed due to martial law.

Ukrainian President Zelensky: The Russian people can overthrow Putin and achieve change, but this is an extremely difficult task.

Ukrainian President Zelensky: The U.S. Congress should make a decision on aid - Russia will not stop its actions, and U.S. congressmen will "pay more" in the future.

Ukrainian President Zelensky: Ukraine will not stop at defense and will prepare for a new counterattack.

Tradeweb data shows that Egypt’s sovereign dollar bonds continue to rise, with an increase of more than 2 cents. The country is about to announce a new investment plan.

Fitch: We expect the deterioration in the performance of automotive asset-backed securities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa in 2023 to continue into 2024.

Guillen, director of economic policy at the Central Bank of Brazil: Brazil is well-positioned to accept large amounts of investment.

ECB Governing Council member Stuenaras: Data shows inflation will reach 2% in the autumn.

European Central Bank Governing Council Member Stunaras: Eurozone GDP may not grow by 0.8% this year.