俄羅斯總統普京：烏克蘭針對俄羅斯開展的爲期40天的“影響力行動”未能影響局勢，俄軍仍在繼續推進。

An unprecedented market plunge has driven Korean retail investors into complex, high-yield structured products. Stock-linked securities (ELS) offering annualized coupons of up to 40–50% have regained favor; July ELS sales rose to a more-than-three-year high, led by products tied to Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. Regulators are moving to curb retail demand for single-stock leveraged ETFs, which were seen as amplifying volatility during the KOSPI’s 22% fall last month. The selloff has done little to damp retail risk appetite but has shifted demand toward ELS, which pay coupons if underlyings stay within preset ranges and can suffer large losses if markets tumble sharply.

敘利亞外交部長：預計與以色列就安全協議的談判將很快恢復。8月18日以色列襲擊敘利亞空軍基地後，雙方聯繫中斷。