Donald Trump says the United States was not obligated to help Ukraine, arguing the country is “thousands of miles away” and separated by a vast ocean while criticizing NATO allies for refusing to send ships to the Middle East.
Russia deploys mobile armed security teams in central Moscow as Federal Protective Service personnel take positions along the Kremlin wall and towers. Ukrainian drone attacks have been ongoing for 48 hours straight.
Ukraine's Special Operations Forces Requiem Group and Balista unit destroyed a Russian BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher on the Zaporizhzhia axis, the Defense Ministry confirmed.
Satellite imagery confirmed the destruction of a Russian fuel depot belonging to a separate logistics brigade in Myrne, Kherson region, struck in late February. The site had been a Russian logistics hub.
Trump said Iran is now a "paper tiger" after two weeks of US strikes, and pressed allies to join the Hormuz operation, noting Japan gets 95% of its oil through the strait, China 90%, and South Korea 35%, while the US gets less than 1%. Trump added Putin "does not fear Europe at all" but fears the United States, calling NATO effectively an American institution. Trump also suggested Macron may help ...
Ukraine's Birds of Magyar destroyed a Tor-M2 near Korobchyne in occupied Luhansk and a second Tor-M2 near Balashivka in occupied Zaporizhzhia. Russia has begun deploying decoy radar emitters to compensate for short-range air defense losses, commander Magyar reported.
Ukraine's Special Operations Forces struck a supply depot at Khersoneses airfield, an electronic warfare generator and switching station in occupied Sevastopol, an armored vehicle repair base in Yakymivka, maintenance and supply bases in Andriivka, and a logistics center in Berestove in occupied Zaporizhzhia.
Ukraine's Fire Point FP-7 ballistic missile has completed its first flight and moved to combat testing. Chief designer Denis Shtilerman said the FP-7 is an ATACMS equivalent with a 300 km range and costs half as much, with all components produced domestically.
❗️France, China, Japan, Australia, and the UK all declined to join Trump's proposed military operation to unblock the Hormuz Strait.
The IDF struck Iran's satellite ground reception stations, destroying Iran's ability to produce, launch, and receive data from satellites. A separate strike destroyed a center in central Tehran used to develop space-based satellite attack capabilities.
Ukraine's Spartan Brigade destroyed three Russian tanks on the Pokrovsk axis using strike drones guided by aerial reconnaissance, including one tank concealed inside a building.
Russia's morning drone attack on Kyiv was atypical, with around 30 drones equipped with mesh networks and other control systems enabling in-flight guidance toward Kyiv region. Almost all were shot down, Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ignat said. Debris found in central Kyiv is being identified.
Trump, aboard Air Force One, stated that Iranian naval kamikaze drones do not exist and are AI-generated fakes, adding that if they were real the US would have struck them as it has other vessels.
Ukraine destroyed a Tor-M1 air defense system near Korobkyne in occupied Luhansk and a Tor system near Balashivka in occupied Zaporizhzhia, along with an S-300 radar near Chervone in occupied Donetsk. Command observation posts near Stepne in occupied Donetsk and Bahate in occupied Zaporizhzhia were also struck, the General Staff confirmed.
Russia deployed a new AI-guided Lancet drone in a strike on Kyiv for the first time, with the drone coming down near the Monument of Independence. The possible launch point was Belarus, Defense Express reported.