IMF Managing Director GEORGIEVA said the Fund is working to expand resources for the Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust (PRGT) to increase lending to low-income countries and that the IMF believes many such countries do not need large economic adjustments.

Russia’s Defence Ministry said on the 16th local time Russian forces used drones at dawn to strike Ukrainian port infrastructure and related vessels, hitting a logistics center in Odesa region and a ship supplying Odesa port. Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said the strikes damaged energy infrastructure in Odesa region. The Ukrainian General Staff said there were 304 combat engagements along the front over the past day, that Ukrainian air force, missile troops and artillery struck Russian positions, and that Ukrainian forces shot down 693 Russian drones.

克里姆林宮：俄羅斯總統普京表示頓涅茨克地區仍有10%待俄軍攻取。