U.S. API Cushing crude inventories +1.00 mln bbls in the week to Aug. 21; prior -1.438 mln bbls.

Kremlin spokesman Peskov said there are no plans this week for meetings at the Kremlin with U.S. government representatives.

Russia said on the 25th a Ukrainian drone strike injured two staff at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. The plant’s press office said the attack occurred near hydrotechnical structures while employees in a maintenance and construction workshop were working; no specific time was given. The office said the strike targeted personnel responsible for keeping the plant operational; both injured were hospitalized, one seriously. The plant said it had notified IAEA experts; Ukraine had no immediate comment.