According to Ukrainian Pravda: The Pentagon expects that the Ukrainian army will complete the training program of the "Abrams" tank by the end of summer. The end of the training roughly coincides with the expected delivery of 31 M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine in the fall.

India expects edible oil prices to fall after lowering import duties.

London Metal Exchange (LME): Aluminum inventories decreased by 3,700 tons, copper inventories decreased by 4,725 tons, nickel inventories decreased by 6 tons, lead inventories were flat, tin inventories increased by 5 tons, and zinc inventories decreased by 375 tons.

The Indian rupee reversed course to rise to 82.06 against the dollar, its highest level since May 11.

Denmark will train Ukrainian pilots at Skrydstrup air base

Turkish Deputy Oil Minister: Turkish energy delegation and Iraqi oil officials will meet in Baghdad on June 19 to discuss resuming northern Iraqi oil exports.

According to TASS: Russia stated that there is currently no agreement with the United States on the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.

According to a report by TASS news agency citing Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov, Russia and the United States have conducted direct contact on the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.

According to Interfax: The Caspian Sea oil pipeline plans to transport about 60-61 million tons of oil in 2023.

European Commission Vice President and "Foreign Minister" Borrell: The normalization of relations with the Syrian government is not the preferred path of the EU.

UBS cut its December Brent price forecast by $5 to $90 a barrel due to excess supply.

NatWestminster Bank CEO: British consumer confidence is improving.

Estonia said NATO should raise its military spending target to 2.5%.

Hyundai and Vodafone expand partnership in Europe.

The Swiss government expects CPI to be 2.3% in 2023 (2.4% previously forecast).

The Swiss government believes that international inflationary pressures remain high and there are clear economic risks.