Interfax, citing the Russian Defence Ministry, said Russia struck two oil refineries in Ukraine's Sumy region.

CENTCOM said on Aug. 8 that US naval personnel conducted maintenance on F/A-18 Super Hornets aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln to keep the carrier strike group combat-ready, and that US forces have forced 53 merchant vessels to alter course, rendered two vessels unseaworthy, boarded and inspected two vessels, and allowed more than 30 vessels carrying humanitarian aid to transit the blockade as it continues strict maritime enforcement against Iran.

NBS urban statistics chief Dong Lijuan said July PPI rose 3.5% YoY, the YoY gain narrowing 0.6 ppts from June. By industry, major upward contributors included oil and gas extraction (+3.2%), petroleum/coal and other fuel processing (+8.2%), chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing (+9.1%), non-ferrous metal ore mining and dressing (+22.6%), non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling (+20.2%) and ferrous metal smelting and rolling (+2.7%) — these six industries together added ~2.55 ppts to PPI YoY. Coal mining and washing (+27.1%), electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing (+5.7%) and computer, communications and other electronic equipment manufacturing (+4.4%) together added ~1.53 ppts. The combined upward pull from these nine industries fell by 0.56 ppts versus June. The largest downward drags were electricity and heat production and supply, automobile manufacturing, non-metallic mineral products, pharmaceutical manufacturing and beverages/refined tea (declines 2.3%–5.7%), which together subtracted ~0.76 ppts from PPI YoY, a 0.05 ppt smaller drag than in June.