A Ukrainian lawmaker said President Zelenskiy has not yet submitted nominees for defense minister or foreign minister to the Verkhovna Rada (parliament).

道瓊斯指數8月17日（週一）收盤下跌272.39點，跌幅0.51%，報53460.02點； 標普500指數8月17日（週一）收盤下跌40.39點，跌幅0.52%，報7745.37點； 納斯達克綜合指數8月17日（週一）收盤下跌84.25點，跌幅0.32%，報26644.91點。

Iranian foreign ministry spokesman BAGHAEI said on the 17th that the US military presence in the region has caused environmental damage amounting to tens of trillions of dollars, a process he characterised as spanning roughly 50 years rather than the past six months or year. He said advanced weapons, repeated exercises and regional wars have inflicted large-scale damage that has worsened over the past two years due to US and Israeli strikes on facilities along the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, and that Iran will prioritise seeking compensation for those losses.