Senior Iranian official Ali Akbar Ahmadian, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council and former IRGC chief, said Iran had prepared for decades under an asymmetric warfare strategy and told US troops to “come closer.”
Ukrainian National Guard unit Lasar’s Group hit a concentration of Russian armor in Belgorod region, destroying six tanks and heavy vehicles, with part of the equipment burned out after aerial reconnaissance detected targets hidden in a forest belt.
❗️Iran rejected US proposals to end the conflict and set conditions including security guarantees, reparations, and sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz. Figures showed the US spent over $26B in 16 days and expended thousands of munitions.
Latvia began transferring batches of CVR(T) armored vehicles to Ukraine, with deliveries ongoing to strengthen battalion-level units, Defense Minister Fedorov said, enhancing mobility and combat capacity on the battlefield.
Iran launched ballistic missiles near Israel’s largest power plant close to the city of Hadera, targeting an area adjacent to critical energy infrastructure along the Mediterranean coast. The missile(s) missed the power plant.
General Staff confirms: Ukrainian forces struck NOVATEK Ust-Luga plant in Russia’s Leningrad region, hitting storage tanks and loading systems and sparking a fire, while also targeting Russian communication nodes in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions.
Ukrainian “Hart” border brigade destroyed a Russian tank and other supply and logistics vehicles on the South Slobozhanskyi axis.
A Ukrainian, likely Aeroprakt A-22 Foxbat, based kamikaze drone was observed flying at ultra-low altitude over Russia’s Leningrad region.
❗️Russia expects the US to keep providing mediation in the Ukraine "situation", Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says, adding Moscow remains in contact with US representatives and is receiving information on Washington’s ongoing talks with Kyiv.
Ukrainian special forces confirmed it struck NOVATEK facilities at Ust-Luga port near St. Petersburg, hitting a gas condensate fractionation and transshipment complex with ~7M tons annual capacity.
Orban’s last-ditch efforts. Hungary halts gas supplies to Ukraine with PM Viktor Orban saying deliveries will resume only after oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline is restored, tying gas exports directly to the restart of crude flows.
❗️Ukraine’s Institute of National Remembrance calls for Russia’s expulsion from UNESCO, citing over 1,600 cultural heritage sites destroyed or damaged during the full-scale invasion and accusing Moscow of systematically targeting national identity.
❗️Ukrainian drones struck the Vyborg shipyard in Russia overnight, heavily damaging the under-construction Project 23550 Arctic patrol ship Purga (475), which partially submerged after the attack; a fire also broke out.
Iran said an incident occurred at the Bushehr nuclear power plant Tuesday evening, accusing the US and Israel of a possible attack while stating no technical or material damage was caused; neighboring Kuwait warned of a potential radiation leak risk.
Explosions struck Russia’s Ust-Luga port in Leningrad region, igniting a fire at the country’s largest oil transshipment terminal, while a separate blast hit Vyborg about 30 meters from an FSB building; patrol icebreaker Dzerzhinsky was also damaged.