CENTCOM says U.S. forces struck three Iranian-linked tankers after IRGC ballistic missiles targeted a U.S. aircraft carrier and destroyer, which evaded.
Despite the pause around Moscow and Kyiv, Russian strikes killed civilians in Zaporizhzhia and Khmelnytskyi while a Ukrainian drone killed one in Belgorod.
Putin ordered a three-day pause in strikes on Kyiv during the Witkoff–Kushner visit but rejected Ukraine’s call for a wider halt along the front line.
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner reached Kyiv after a three-hour Kremlin meeting with Putin, their first public Ukraine trip in their current roles.
Israel’s Israel Katz said capturing the Ali Tahar ridge completes a phase of the south Lebanon security zone and vowed to stay until Hezbollah is disarmed.
INDOPACOM’s Adm. Samuel Paparo met PLA Eastern Theater Commander Gen. Yang Zhibin in Canada, agreeing on open military channels as Taiwan tensions persist.
Ukrainian long-range drones reportedly hit a defense plant in Sterlitamak, Bashkortostan, more than 1,300 km inside Russia, according to local reports.
The U.S. blockade is collapsing Iran’s oil loadings, Kpler data show, as Iranian sources warn the country has about two months of gasoline left.
VP JD Vance said he would not call the U.S.–Iran conflict a war, as the EU joined Operation Economic Outcast, the U.S.-led financial pressure campaign.
Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner planned Moscow and Kyiv stops, but the Kyiv leg wobbled as Russian drone strikes on the capital continued.
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