US House Speaker Mike Johnson said the US is not at war with Iran and has no intention of starting one, describing the operation as limited. "Trump and the Defense Department have made that clear," Johnson said. "SMO"
Ukraine's GUR has corrected its February Prymary unit strike report: the radar destroyed was a 98L6 Yenisei, the primary radar of the S-500 Prometey system, not the 96L6 of the S-400 as originally stated.
Ukraine's GUR Prymar unit struck a Project 22460 patrol ship, a Ka-27 helicopter, an S-400 radar station, a Forpost drone, a maritime tugboat, a Project 16640 vessel, and a BK-16 landing craft in Crimea during February 2026.
Iranian Basij forces are concealing assets in gyms and sports facilities to evade US-Israeli strikes targeting IRGC and Basij bases.
The Israeli army said it destroyed Ali Khamenei's underground bunker beneath the leadership compound in central Tehran. The bunker spanned multiple city blocks, with several entrances and rooms for senior regime officials.
❗️Russia is providing Iran with targeting intelligence on US military positions including warships and aircraft in the Middle East, the Washington Post reported, citing three officials. Six US soldiers were killed in Kuwait in strikes analysts link to the intelligence sharing.
500 Ukrainian defenders have returned home over the past two days, Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Lubinets said. Since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, 6,922 Ukrainians have been repatriated.
Ukraine has returned another 300 prisoners of war and two civilians from Russian captivity, Zelensky confirmed. The POWs include soldiers from the Army, National Guard, and Border Service who defended Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, and Mariupol. The US mediated the exchange.
Satellite imagery captured March 5 shows at least two oil storage tanks burning at the Fujairah Oil Industry Zone in the UAE, with a third completely burnt out after Iranian attacks. Fujairah is one of the world's largest ship refuelling hubs.
Azerbaijan is deploying what appears to be DANA M1 self-propelled artillery systems to its border with Iran and has recalled its diplomats from Tehran.
Ukraine's SBU Alpha Special Operations Center struck an aircraft repair plant in Yevpatoria and destroyed two Pantsir-S2 systems, a Mohajer-6 drone, a ZU-23 anti-aircraft gun, two fuel tankers, and a Forpost drone ground control station near Dzhankoi in Russian-occupied Crimea.
Six bombs have leveled the IRGC brigade base at Dorisan Hill in Paveh, Iran, destroying several large buildings.
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The Israeli Air Force destroyed six Iranian ballistic missile launchers before they could be fired toward Israel.
❗️China is in talks with Iran to secure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz for crude oil and Qatari LNG vessels, three diplomatic sources told Reuters. China gets 45% of its oil through the Strait; crude prices are up 15% since the conflict began.