Politico reports Senator Elizabeth Warren plans to work with Republican Senator Tim Scott to advance a housing bill.

Eurogroup chair Pierakakis said the nomination process for the ECB president has been initiated.

The Russian Defence Ministry said on the afternoon of the 8th Russian forces used drones to strike Ukrainian energy infrastructure and sea vessels serving Ukrainian forces. The ministry said a dry-cargo ship carrying Ukrainian military equipment was hit in the southwestern Black Sea off Odesa, and a container ship transporting dual-use military-civilian goods was struck at Chornomorsk port. It added the 330 kV Kamyanska substation in Dnipropetrovsk region, previously supplying power to the region's defence-industrial enterprises, was also hit.