Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak: Russia ensures the stable operation and strategic development of the oil industry.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak: We adhere to our obligation to reduce production.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak: (Talk about oil production cuts) Russia is a responsible participant in the OPEC+ agreement.

According to the Russian media "Insider": The attack on the Russian landing ship "Novocherkassk" injured 23 people, including 19 sailors and 4 civilians. In addition, 33 sailors were listed as missing. There were 77 crew members on board at the time of the attack.

Gazprom: Natural gas shipments to Europe continue via Ukraine, with a volume of 40.5 million cubic meters on Wednesday.

According to the Times of Israel, citing Lebanese media, an Israeli attack on the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jubail killed three people.

Spot palladium rose 2.00% during the day and is currently trading at $1,189.99 per ounce.

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that the Russian army lost 790 soldiers in the past day, as well as 14 tanks, 17 armored vehicles and 10 artillery systems.

The Kenyan shilling fell to a record 156.23 against the US dollar.

Ukrainian Air Force: Ukrainian air defense systems destroyed 32 of 46 drones launched by Russia.

According to the Ukrainian National News Agency: Martin Selmeier, the European Commission representative in Austria, said that the process of Ukraine joining the EU may take 6 to 11 years, which is between the time taken by Austria and Spain.

Toyota Motor (TM.N): As of November, global vehicle sales of the parent company alone increased by 13.6% to 905,066 vehicles. Production reached 926,573 units, an increase of 11.2%. Vehicle production for the Japanese market increased by 18.3% to 314,917 vehicles. Overseas vehicle production increased by 7.9% to 611,656 units.

Toyota Motor (TM.N): November sales hit record high, production hit record high.

The Investment Commission of Thailand approved investment applications worth 18.7 billion baht.

The MSCI Asia Pacific Index rose 1% to 166.85 points.

The rupiah rose 0.6% to 15,395 against the dollar, its highest level since November 29.

The baht rose 0.4% to 34.450 against the dollar, its highest level since August 3.

U.S. officials: The United States has communicated with Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Delmer about shifting to different phases of the war, focusing on high-value Hamas targets and improving humanitarian conditions.

Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi: I hope Niigata Prefecture will understand the restart of Tokyo Electric Power Company’s nuclear power plant.

Federal Reserve Bank of New Zealand: Technical difficulties in publishing data to the website. Some web forms cannot be posted at 3pm local time. Data will be released as soon as the issue is resolved.