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Market news: Sources say that Russia’s Perm oil refinery has halted processing following a drone attack on August 21.

European Council President Costa: Russia must allow Ukrainian food to be shipped to other parts of the world.

British Prime Minister Burnham: France and Britain will provide missile technology to Ukraine.

European Council President Costa: The EU is accelerating the disbursement of support loans to Ukraine to support air defense and energy infrastructure.

Shares of U.S. automakers fell, with Ford (F.N) down 2.3% and General Motors (GM.N) down 0.8%, after Trump threatened to impose a 50% tariff on cars and trucks.

British Prime Minister Burnham: We will lead the exercises to ensure that multinational forces are ready to deploy, and deployment can begin once the UK becomes the operations headquarters this autumn.

British Prime Minister Burnham: Negotiations must begin at the line of contact.

British Prime Minister Burnham: The clear message to Russian President Putin is that Ukraine will never give up territory that Russia cannot win on the battlefield.

British Prime Minister Burnham: More measures are needed to curb Russian oil and liquefied natural gas exports.

British Prime Minister Burnham called on British industry to support the FREYJA project, which aims to provide a lower-cost alternative to the US Patriot system for intercepting ballistic missiles.

The U.S. Department of Defense has reached an agreement with US SIIE to establish a rare earth element supply chain.

U.S. Department of Defense: The United States will invest $750 million in US SIIE to advance its rare earth program.

French President Macron: The message from the past few weeks has been very clear: we must expedite the delivery of interceptor missiles, and France will intensify its efforts.

French President Macron: We need to intensify our efforts to combat Russia's shadow fleet and further coordinate sanctions measures.

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy suggested using frozen Russian assets to partially cover the shortfall.

Ukrainian President Zelensky called on allies to provide necessary air defense systems before winter and help fill the €27 billion funding gap in the defense sector by 2026.

German Finance Minister: Soaring bond yields are a result of Trump's war.

The Canadian S&P/TSX Composite Index fell to its intraday low and is currently down 0.3%.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite indices are currently down 0.34% and 0.9%, respectively.

British Prime Minister Burnham urged the US Congress to increase pressure on Russia.