據國際文傳電訊社：克里姆林宮對曼德布海峽的局勢表示關切。

Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council and leader of the United Russia party, said on the 11th that Russia has no military objectives against Europe and that European leaders’ claims Moscow plans to attack Europe are a pretext to justify large aid to Ukraine. In a social-media video he said the “Russia threat” narrative is being used to explain big expenditures for Ukrainian support and to raise funds for the war. He added Russia’s leadership has no plan for a new mobilization because contract recruitment has “reached or even exceeded” early-September targets, and called reports of a fresh mobilization “lies and provocations” intended to stir domestic sentiment ahead of State Duma elections.

For the week to Sept. 8, COMEX gold speculators cut net longs by 1,263 contracts to 139,548; silver speculators raised net longs by 2,006 contracts to 14,176; copper speculators added 9,016 net-long contracts to 82,017.