🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — Russian Aerospace Forces have carried out multiple FAB-500 glide bomb strikes against Ukrainian positions.

➡️ Five FAB-500 UMPK bombs struck a raised river crossing used by Ukrainian forces near Mayaky in the Donetsk People's Republic.

➡️ Four FAB-500 UMPK bombs destroyed a personnel shelter belonging to the 159th Separate Motorized Brigade near Zakharovka, Kharkiv Oblast.

➡️ A separate airstrike destroyed a Ukrainian drone command post near Rublene, Kharkiv Oblast.

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🇷🇺🪖 — Russian drone units may be preparing for a potential conflict with NATO, analyst Samuel Bendett writes for Forbes.

➡️ Bendett, a drone technology expert and adviser to think tanks CNA and CNAS, argues Russian leadership is considering expanding military capacity on its western flank amid the ongoing war in Ukraine.

➡️ He assesses that new military facilities have been established near Russia's western borders in recent months, reportedly capable of housing a significant troop contingent.

➡️ Bendett raises a possible scenario involving rapid Russian operations against the Baltic states in the absence of timely NATO reinforcement.

➡️ He draws a historical parallel with the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989, noting that conflict's destabilizing effect on USSR domestic politics.

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — Russian Gerbera Seeker UAVs struck an enemy drone launch site and a temporary deployment area near Dobropolye.

🇺🇦⚡️ — Footage shows Ukrainian military recruitment center employees forcibly detaining a truck driver. Apparently, he will now be assigned a more "protected" profession: tank driver.

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — Fighters of the 26th Motorized Rifle Regiment have released combat footage from the Kramatorsk-Druzhkovka direction, showing strikes on Ukrainian personnel, vehicles, strongpoints, and shelters.

➡️ The footage was compiled by the regiment's own units operating in their area of responsibility.

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🇷🇺⛽ — Russia's potential diesel export ban could trigger fuel shortages across multiple regions, the Financial Times reports.

➡️ A Russian ban on diesel exports risks causing fuel shortages in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia.

➡️ Moscow's decision coincides with Trump's announcement ending the US-Iran ceasefire, which has further reduced Persian Gulf supply flows.

➡️ The combined effect has driven a sharp rise in wholesale diesel prices in Europe, with trading data showing prices approaching $135 per barrel.

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🇮🇷⚡️ — A fire broke out at a mini-refinery in Pol-e Dokhtar, with flames intense enough to prevent crews from approaching the source, Tasnim News reports.

🇮🇷🇴🇲🇺🇸⚡️ — NEW: Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi will travel to Oman tomorrow to discuss developments in the Strait of Hormuz and the broader region, Iranian media reports.

🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — The U.S. Treasury has sanctioned three Iranian currency exchange houses and two Iranian financial networks, along with an Iranian multinational real estate firm alleged to have ties to the IRGC and Mojtaba Khamenei.

🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡️ — A new Command for Long-Range Impact on Russia and Joint Rapid Response Forces have been established within the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Zelenskyy announced.

The former will be focused on delivering long-range strikes within Russian territory, while the latter will combine assault units, drones, artillery, and other assets to ensure the most rapid response on the front lines.

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🇺🇦🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡️ — Zelensky confirmed that there are political agreements with the United States regarding the **start of production of "Patriot" systems in Ukraine.

However, there is still no information about the timelines (which could take years) or the nature of the potential production (which could involve assembly from parts shipped in).

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🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — BREAKING: Trump administration gives Iran 24-hour ultimatum to publicly acknowledge Hormuz is open and commit to halting attacks on commercial shipping, or face severe consequences, Barak Ravid reports.

🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — BREAKING: The Trump administration believes the chances of reaching a nuclear deal with Iran are shrinking, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing US officials.

🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — Explosions reported in Kiev, with Ukrainian channels citing missile strikes.