South Korea's KOSPI fell as much as 3% intraday, breaking below 6,700 points.

President Zelenskiy told reporters on the 23rd that Ukraine is not in a position to hold elections during wartime and that holding a vote now would risk a split in the country. He was responding to a video by his recently dismissed ex-defence minister Fedorov, who called for wartime elections and said Ukraine faces a governance crisis. Zelenskiy said pressure exists to hold elections while fighting continues, but stressed the prerequisite is that partner countries can provide concrete guarantees to ensure elections are safe and legal — including secure voting for frontline troops and the millions of Ukrainians displaced abroad.

伊朗鐵路公司表示，與阿富汗的鐵路貨運量已從每年不足1.5萬噸增至每月約13萬噸；預計年貨運量將達到約150萬噸。