This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on June 03, 2026. It is shared here under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) license.
Raucous applause erupted in the House of Representatives on Wednesday after US lawmakers passed a war powers resolution aimed at ending Donald Trump’s illegal war of choice against Iran—although skeptics cautioned that the measure will likely have little impact on the actions of a president who has habitually shown utter contempt for the rule of law.
House lawmakers voted 215-208, with 7 legislators not voting, in favor of H.Con.Res.86, introduced in April by Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) and cosponsored by Reps. James Himes (D-Conn.), Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.).
Every Democrat present voted for the resolution, while three Republicans—Reps. Tom Barrett (Mich.), Warren Davidson (Ohio), and Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.)—broke ranks with their GOP colleagues and joined Massie in voting to approve the measure, which directs Trump to “remove United States armed forces from hostilities with Iran.”
Cheers in the House as the war powers resolution passes pic.twitter.com/nRL3eGm0Zr
— Acyn (@Acyn) June 3, 2026
“We are trapped in a war that won’t end because an incompetent president launched it thinking of only his own ego while failing to prepare for the consequences,” Meeks, the ranking member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said during floor debate ahead of Wednesday’s vote. “Diplomacy is the only exit from this, not more bombing, not more bluster.”
The War Powers Resolution of 1973—also known as the War Powers Act—requires the president to notify Congress within 48 hours of committing troops to military action and limiting such action to 60 days, with a 30-day withdrawal period, unless lawmakers declare war or issue an authorization for the use of military force.
It’s been 95 days since the US and Israel launched their war on Iran, which followed last summer’s separate bombing campaigns by both allies. Since then, more than 3,400 Iranians—many of them civilians—have been killed and over 26,000 others wounded by airstrikes, while Iranian counterattacks have killed 13 US troops, 26 Israelis, and over 20 people in Gulf Arab states aligned with the US.
House lawmakers had tried and failed to pass Iran war powers resolutions on three previous occasions. Last month, after four US Senate Republicans helped Democrats advance one of the resolutions, GOP leadership in the House canceled two subsequent votes on the measure.
“Since President Trump’s illegal war of choice on Iran began, I have been extremely clear over and over again that Congress alone has the power to declare war,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.)—who did not vote Wednesday because she was in India due to a family health emergency—said in a statement. “This war has had disastrous effects for the American people and for the world in the nearly 100 days since Trump began it without congressional approval.”
Jayapal continued:
“Waged with absolutely no imminent threat and no endgame, this war has already killed 13 US service members and injured many more; killed thousands of civilians in Iran and Lebanon, and displaced millions more; wasted billions in US taxpayer dollars that should have been spent on lowering healthcare and housing costs for Americans; and all while causing gas prices and grocery costs to skyrocket.
“The simple truth is that the American people are paying the price for Trump’s lawlessness,” Jayapal added. “Every day that this war continues is a violation of our Constitution.”
The House just passed the Iran War Powers Resolution 215 to 208. We should have done it 2 months ago when @RepThomasMassie and I proposed it. But now we are finally closer to bringing this disastrous war to an end. pic.twitter.com/sFJbUvMqxV
— Rep. Ro Khanna (@RepRoKhanna) June 3, 2026
Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY) asserted that “our victory—while monumental—does not change the truth that this war never should have began, and never would have began, had the president not disgraced America and our laws to ensure that it did.”
Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) said on social media: “The American people are tired of presidents abusing their power by spending billions of our taxpayer dollars on unnecessary wars. I urge the Senate to quickly pass this bill to end Trump’s illegal war in Iran.”
Civil society groups opposed to the war applauded Wednesday’s vote, which Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the peace group CodePink, called a “total rebuke of Trump.”
People power works. ✊
— CODEPINK (@codepink) June 3, 2026
The House just passed a War Powers Resolution opposing Trump’s unauthorized war with Iran. A major rebuke to another endless war fought without congressional approval.
This victory didn’t happen by accident. It happened because people across the country… pic.twitter.com/bZ5b0RBoT3
“After 95 days of illegal war, Congress is finally enacting the will of the people, who overwhelmingly oppose President Trump’s disastrous war on Iran,” Eric Eikenberry, government relations director at Win Without War, said in a statement.
“While congressional action is welcome, it is woefully late. Congress should not have taken over three months to pass a resolution that would force Trump to end this war,” he continued. “Their delay has left millions of people struggling amidst unnecessary, unacceptable human and economic consequences.”
“Lawmakers who’ve placed their loyalty to Trump over acting to determine when and whether the United States goes to war have failed both their constituents and their constitutional duty,” Eikenberry added.
At long last, Congress has remembered its constitutional duty in matters of war and peace. It is good news for our Constitution that both chambers have now voted to invoke the War Powers Resolution and halt Trump's reckless, illegal, and unconstitutional war against Iran. https://t.co/2lTIgBuLcD
— Defending Rights & Dissent (@RightsDissent) June 3, 2026
Naveed Shah, political director of the veterans’ group Common Defense, said following the vote, “Veterans understand the costs of war better than most Americans, which is why we commend the Republicans who joined Democrats on this vote and showed the kind of courage and independence this moment demands.”
“This was an important step toward ending a dangerous war and ensuring that the American people have a voice through their elected representatives,” Shah added. “It is long past time to put guardrails on this brazen president, who launched us into an illegal war with Iran.”
Alix Fraser, vice president of advocacy at Issue One, a group dedicated to reducing the role of money in politics, said in a statement that “today’s vote is a huge win for the Constitution and for the American people.”
“The House finally had the political willpower to stand up to the president’s unconstitutional war,” Fraser added. “Americans should celebrate this massive victory, but have every right to feel frustrated that it took this long for Congress to work on behalf of the people. That must change. Our democracy will not survive if Congress fails to uphold its responsibility to check executive power at this critical juncture.”
“Every day that this war continues is a violation of our Constitution.”
Some observers noted that Wednesday’s vote is likely to be largely symbolic, pointing to Trump’s veto—and the Senate’s failure to overturn it—of a 2019 bipartisan war powers resolution directing him to end US military support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen.
Still, lawmakers and advocates urged the Senate to pass the Iran resolution to uphold the rule of law and force Trump’s hand.
“Ending this war is a moral imperative,” said Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.).
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) implored upper chamber lawmakers to “immediately follow suit and act to end this war.”
Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) posted on Bluesky: “Now it’s time to pass the Senate. The power to declare war has been with Congress. Now let’s get it done and end this war!”
Benjamin said: “Now it’s time for the Senate to act. Let’s keep the pressure on and send this resolution to Trump’s desk. No more illegal wars. No more blank checks for militarism.”
Le immagini delle telecamere di sorveglianza, diffuse dalla Direzione generale dell’aviazione civile del Kuwait, mostrano il momento in cui un drone iraniano si abbatte sul terminal 1 dell’aeroporto internazionale del Kuwait.
Nell’attacco, avvenuto mercoledì, è morta una persona e altre sessanta sono rimaste ferite. Ingenti i danni provocati allo scalo, temporaneamente chiuso.
L'articolo Il video del momento in cui un drone iraniano colpisce l’aeroporto di Kuwait City: l’impatto è devastante proviene da Il Fatto Quotidiano.
Used to hearing Antony Beevor detail troop movements at Stalingrad, the siege of Berlin, the Normandy landings, the paratroopers’ effort at Arnhem or the Panzer offensive in Hitler’s last stand in the Ardennes, it is surprising to hear him talk about Rasputin’s penis. In truth, he adopts the same look of intense concentration he brings to his usual military topics. “Rasputin’s penis… is an object of interest, certainly,” he says when his interlocutor mentions that, during an afternoon of astonishment and vodka, he saw on display in a St. Petersburg museum the appendage shown as such in a glass jar. “Yes, it is said to measure 13 inches, about 33 centimeters, but I don’t know that it’s something to take seriously. My father-in-law, the historian John Julius Norwich, used to explain that his father, Duff Cooper, the first British ambassador to France after the Liberation and also a historian [and father of the notable writer Artemis Cooper, Beevor’s wife], was convinced that part of Rasputin’s sexual success and magnetism lay in his member and his muscular control, but there is no historical record that it was cut off after his murder. Today it is impossible to assert that what is on display is his; I don’t believe any DNA test has been done.” In fact, some say it is a horse’s penis, or, if not that, a dried sea cucumber, as has also been suggested. Beevor recalls, in any case, that at the time in Tsarist Russia, Rasputin was credited with extraordinary sexual potency and caricatures circulated showing his organ, in reference to the monk’s influence over the Tsarina Alexandra and, through her, Tsar Nicholas II, with the legend: “The rod that rules Russia.”
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È morta di “crepacuore” a 56 anni per la tristezza di aver perso il marito, un anno fa. Marjane Satrapi, la fumettista e regista iraniana, voce libera e nobile anti islamica, diventata celebre per la riduzione cinematografica del suo fumetto autobiografico Persepolis, non ha retto al dolore della perdita di Mattias Ripa. L’economista svedese, conosciuto dalla Satrapi a Parigi oltre 30 anni fa, diventato suo collaboratore artistico e marito, era morto l’8 aprile dell’anno scorso a 52 anni. “Marjane Satrapi è morta di dolore poco più di un anno dopo la scomparsa di Mattias Ripa, suo marito e l’amore della sua vita”, è il tenero addio inviato alle agenzie di stampa dai familiari della regista iraniana. Satrapi era stata una schietta e acerrima critica del governo teocratico iraniano in più occasioni a cavallo del nuovo secolo. La fumettista iraniana era arrivata in Francia nel 1994, ottenendo poi la cittadinanza francese nel 2006. La graphic novel in bianco e nero Persepolis venne pubblicata in due volumi tra il 2000 e il 2001 ottenendo un successo mondiale. L’opera racconta con graffiante umorismo la giovinezza di Marjane a Teheran, segnata dalla caduta del governo dello scià e le successive difficoltà causate dalle restrizioni imposte dalla leadership islamica iraniana dopo la “rivoluzione” del 1979. Come ha scritto Carlotta Eco su l’Enciclopedia delle donne, “Persepolis è il primo fumetto autobiografico sulla storia iraniana. Scritta con l’intento di “ribattere ai pregiudizi sul mio Paese senza essere interrotta”, Persepolis (dal nome greco dell’antica “città dei persi” fondata nel 520 a.C.) è la saga di una famiglia iraniana che vive a Teheran tra il 1960 e il 1990”. Una famiglia benestante di origine nobiliare, orientata su principi morali che definiremmo “all’occidentale”, i Satrapi di fronte all’oscurantismo propugnato dal regime di Khomeini fecero emigrare la figlia 15enne a Vienna.
Nel 1988 il primo ritorno in patria dove apprende l’arte del disegno (“che significa copiare modelli interamente coperti dall chador”) e poi rifugge dalla censura e dall’oppressione culturale dei dittatoriali barbuti sciiti nel 1991 questa volta prima a Strasburgo poi a Parigi. È qui che incontra subito quello che diventerà il suo amato marito, Mattias Ripa. Attorno al 2006 inizia la produzione francese del film animato tratto da Persepolis, di cui Satrapi è regista assieme a Vincent Parranoud. Il film finisce in Concorso a Cannes nel 2007 e vince il Premio della Giuria, per poi essere candidato all’Oscar come miglior film straniero nel 2008. Poco prima del successo internazionale del film, Satrapi aveva pubblicato le graphic novel Ricami (2003) e Pollo con Prugne (2004), nonché diversi libri per bambini. Nel 2011 torna alla regia ma senza l’attenzione ricevuta quattro anni prima per adattare Pollo alle prugne. Dirigerà poi con alterne fortune anche i film: Voices (2014), Radioactive (2019) su Marie Curie e Paradis Paris (2024). Satrapi è stata anche pittrice e i suoi dipinti acrilici di grande formato sono stati esposti per la prima volta nel 2013 alla Galleria Jérôme De Noirmont di Parigi.
Nel 2023 aveva pubblicato un’altra graphic novel, Woman, Life, Freedom, un libro collettivo realizzato da 17 fumettisti iraniani e internazionali, in collaborazione con accademici e ricercatori iraniani. Si sono uniti per raccontare la storia di come la morte in custodia di Masha Amini, una donna curdo-iraniana di 22 anni arrestata nel 2022 per non aver indossato correttamente il velo islamico. Una decina di anni fa, intervistata dall’attrice Emma Watson, Satrapi riassunse con la sua consueta fulminante ironia il suo punto di vista sulla questione femminile iraniana e globale: “Il nemico della democrazia non è una sola persona. Il nemico della democrazia è la cultura patriarcale. Come in famiglia, dove il padre decide e ha l’ultima parola, così un dittatore è il padre della nazione. Se abbiamo più donne istruite, avremo anche società più istruite. Questo, senza alcun “pregiudizio femminista”, è un dato di fatto”. L’anno scorso, ha rifiutato la Legion d’onore francese a causa dell’ “ipocrisia” del Paese nei suoi rapporti con l’Iran, citando le politiche francesi in materia di visti che impedivano ai dissidenti di lasciare l’Iran per recarsi nel Paese europeo.
L'articolo È morta di “crepacuore” a 56 anni Marjane Satrapi, autrice di “Persepolis”: “Stroncata dal dolore per la morte del marito Mattias, l’amore della sua vita” proviene da Il Fatto Quotidiano.
L’accordo annunciato da Israele, Libano e Stati Uniti per il rinnovo del cessate il fuoco lungo il confine israelo-libanese rappresenta molto più di una tregua locale. Dietro l’intesa mediata a Washington si intravede infatti uno dei nodi centrali della crisi mediorientale degli ultimi mesi: il tentativo dell’amministrazione Trump di separare il dossier libanese dal più ampio confronto con l’Iran, mentre Teheran cerca di fare esattamente il contrario.
Secondo i termini dell’accordo, Hezbollah dovrebbe cessare completamente gli attacchi contro Israele e ritirare i propri operativi dal settore meridionale del Libano. In alcune aree pilota, il controllo esclusivo della sicurezza verrebbe assunto dalle Forze armate libanesi, con l’esclusione di qualsiasi attore armato non statale. Se attuata, la misura ridurrebbe significativamente la presenza operativa di Hezbollah lungo il confine settentrionale israeliano.
È proprio questo aspetto a spiegare perché l’intesa abbia un valore strategico che va ben oltre il teatro libanese. Per Israele, l’obiettivo è creare una fascia di sicurezza che impedisca a Hezbollah di minacciare direttamente il nord del Paese senza dover ricorrere a una presenza militare permanente oltre confine. Per Washington, invece, il cessate il fuoco costituisce un tassello fondamentale di una strategia più ampia volta a stabilizzare la regione e favorire un’intesa con l’Iran sulla sicurezza marittima nel Golfo e sulla riapertura dello Stretto di Hormuz. Il presidente Donald Trump si è detto pronto a incontrare la Guida suprema iraniana Mojtaba Khamenei.
Il problema è che Teheran non sembra intenzionata a trattare questi dossier separatamente. Negli ultimi giorni esponenti iraniani e dirigenti di Hezbollah hanno ripetuto che una soluzione duratura non può prescindere dal ritiro delle forze israeliane dal Libano meridionale e dalla fine delle operazioni militari contro il movimento sciita. In altre parole, l’Iran sta cercando di trasformare un negoziato sulla sicurezza regionale e sulla navigazione nel Golfo in una trattativa più ampia sull’assetto strategico del Levante.
Dal punto di vista iraniano, la questione è tutt’altro che marginale. Hezbollah non è soltanto un alleato politico o militare. Rappresenta uno dei principali strumenti della deterrenza regionale costruita dalla Repubblica islamica negli ultimi quarant’anni. La sua capacità di minacciare Israele costituisce un elemento essenziale dell’architettura di sicurezza iraniana. Accettare un arretramento significativo del movimento in Libano significherebbe quindi ridurre una delle leve più importanti di Teheran nei confronti sia di Israele sia degli Stati Uniti.
Per questo motivo la tenuta dell’accordo resta tutt’altro che scontata. Le dichiarazioni provenienti da Hezbollah continuano a indicare una forte opposizione a qualsiasi cessate il fuoco che non preveda anche concessioni israeliane più ampie. Le stesse violazioni registrate nelle ore successive all’annuncio dimostrano quanto il terreno resti instabile e quanto sia fragile il confine tra de-escalation e nuova escalation.
L’intesa tra Israele e Libano va dunque letta non come il punto di arrivo di una crisi, ma come una tappa di un negoziato molto più vasto. La vera partita si gioca infatti sul rapporto tra Washington e Teheran e sulla definizione dei nuovi equilibri regionali dopo mesi di conflitto.
Se gli Stati Uniti riusciranno a mantenere separati il dossier libanese e quello iraniano, il cessate il fuoco potrebbe aprire la strada a una progressiva stabilizzazione del fronte settentrionale di Israele. Se invece l’Iran riuscirà a imporre il collegamento tra i due tavoli negoziali, il Libano rischia di diventare il principale terreno di confronto politico e militare attraverso cui si deciderà il futuro assetto del Medio Oriente.
L'articolo Il cessate il fuoco tra Israele e Libano c’è, ma non basta a chiudere la guerra proviene da Linkiesta.it.
Il regista, sceneggiatore e produttore iraniano Mohammad Rasoulof ha scelto la forma più tipica, poetica e metaforica del cortometraggio per girare il suo primo film in esilio, essendo stato costretto a lasciare l’Iran clandestinamente. Condannato al carcere e alla fustigazione per il suo lavoro di regista, due anni fa si è rifugiato in Germania, dove ha scritto, diretto e prodotto il cortometraggio Sense of Water (2026), con il sostegno del Displacement Film Fund lanciato da Cate Blanchett insieme all’Hubert Bals Fund (HBF) dell’International Film Festival Rotterdam. Il cortometraggio semi-biografico di circa quaranta minuti, girato in lingua farsi e tedesco, racconta la storia di uno scrittore in esilio, Ali, che a Berlino si confronta con la perdita della lingua madre e la frattura fra linguaggio e sentimenti. Nonostante riesca a riscoprire l’amore, non riesce a superare il trauma dell’esilio. In lui si risveglia così il desiderio di tornare in Iran, in segno di solidarietà con la lotta degli iraniani e per capire chi è veramente, prima di iniziare a scrivere un nuovo libro.
Un cortometraggio ibrido tra finzione e documentario è Shadowless: In Transit (2023) di Azin Feizabadi. Un girato che affronta i temi della migrazione e dell’appartenenza. Un viaggiatore iraniano in arrivo in Germania – interpretato dallo stesso Feizabadi, regista e artista– si interroga sul suo futuro, mentre si trova in uno spazio intermedio, quello di un “transito” aeroportuale, che non riesce a lasciare. Video personali e di famiglia si intrecciano ritmicamente a flashback cinematografici, immagini del presente e riprese da una videocamera. Il corto fa parte di un’opera collettiva, Iran – A Sense of Place, una collaborazione con la Wim Wenders Foundation grazie alla quale nel 2023 sei cineasti iraniani sotto la supervisione della producer Afsun Moshiry hanno raccontato storie di luoghi situati in Iran o esperienze di esilio in Francia e Germania.
Un paesaggio dominato da scene estreme, surreali e di una bellezza incantata, diventa invece teatro delle psicosi di un giovane nel cortometraggio Yo Yo (2025), diretto dal regista, sceneggiatore e produttore Mohammadreza Mayghani e presentato al Festival del cinema di Locarno. Il giovane Siavash raggiunge in automobile la splendida regione desertica dell’Iran meridionale, in compagnia dell’amica Shadi. Sente voci oscure e vede immagini che non esistono. Solo la sua amica può salvarlo da questa situazione che lo opprime quasi come fosse una disabilità. Il film è dominato dalla luce, dai colori pastello e dalla quiete del luogo. Le scene sono perfettamente adattate alla musica: il silenzio che avvolge i due protagonisti è intervallato da toni sinistri, colpi di frisbee che preannunciano la svolta finale, assurda e nichilista.
Anche in There Was One, There Was None (2026) di Yasmin Shahbahrami, presentato all’International Film Festival di Rotterdam (IFFR), la cinematografia è stata curata nei dettagli. Il film è strutturato in maniera sperimentale. Racconta l’amicizia fra due ragazze iraniane – messa a dura prova dal trasferimento all’estero di una delle due – attraverso le confidenze che si scambiano durante le videochiamate. Testimonia la difficoltà di mantenere legami solidi quando questi sono mediati dalla tecnologia moderna, ma anche il duplice conflitto vissuto dalle donne iraniane nella diaspora e da quelle che restano in patria.
Premiato dall’importante Associazione iraniana Short Film, The Accused Showed No Remorse (2025) di Ramin Soltani è sempre ambientato sullo sfondo delle proteste del movimento Woman, Life, Freedom. Racconta la storia di una donna, Simin, interpretata dall’attrice Elaheh Farazmand, e del sistema e della società che la opprimono. Quando la protagonista riesce a ottenere la scarcerazione temporanea del figlio adolescente arrestato durante una protesta, lui torna a casa silenzioso e introverso: qualcosa lo turba profondamente. Il finale tipico del cinema iraniano è potente e tragico. Di fuga e sopravvivenza, e di come la guerra si imponga sulla vista e sulla memoria collettiva e personale si occupa il cortometraggio Fruits of Despair di Nima Nassaj, anch’esso girato in lingua farsi, e presentato nella sezione Forum della Berlinale 2026.
L’uso delle immagini a scopo politico, le nuove tecnologie e un autoritarismo digitale soffocante sono i temi che interessano un altro gruppo di registi, fra cui Hesam Eslami che con Citizen, Inmate (2025) ha ottenuto la menzione d’onore all’Exground FilmFest. In The Man in White (2026), Haman Fouladvand (noto anche come Aman) riflette sulla figura di un boia della rivoluzione del 1979, vestito di bianco e immortalato in un’iconica fotografia, che scompare dalla storia (o si fa cancellare). In questo cortometraggio di undici minuti, l’autore si serve delle nuove tecnologie e di immagini d’archivio per evocare la sua presenza spettrale in una storia in cui le vittime non sono dimenticate. Per il girato ha ricevuto una menzione speciale al Festival del cortometraggio di Clermont-Ferrand.
Il cortometraggio documentario Memories of a Window (2026) diretto da una giovane coppia cineasti della School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Mehraneh Salimian e Amin Pakparvar, affronta il tema della repressione in Iran dalla prospettiva intima e circoscritta di chi ha osservato da dietro a una finestra le proteste del 2022 del movimento Woman, Life, Freedom. Una produzione a basso costo che utilizza filmati personali e video dal vivo per rispondere alla domanda: «Può una rivoluzione nascere da dietro una finestra?». La risposta risiede nel paesaggio sonoro: la moltiplicazione di voci e musiche di protesta che, nel film, si possono udire in una strada deserta e buia di Teheran, ripresa dall’appartamento dei registi. Il film ha vinto l’Orso di Cristallo per il Miglior Cortometraggio nella sezione Generation 14plus alla Berlinale 2026.
Il festival di Berlino da tempo promuove i cineasti dissidenti iraniani. Premiato al Festival del cinema di Locarno, Blind, Into The Eye (2025) del duo di filmmaker berlinesi Realillusion – Atefeh Kheirabadi e Mehrad Sepahnia – è un cortometraggio di venti minuti che racconta la violenza mirata durante le proteste del 2022-2023 in Iran. Un collage audiovisivo realizzato con filmati di protesta e video provenienti dai social media che esamina il potere delle immagini come costrutti politici.
L'articolo Dieci cortometraggi di registi iraniani raccontano l’audacia di una nuova generazione proviene da Linkiesta.it.
L’Iran è arrivato a un passo dal Mondiale 2026, ma il percorso verso il torneo resta ancora pieno di ostacoli. La nazionale di Teheran ha ottenuto i visti per trasferirsi in Messico, dove svolgerà il proprio ritiro a Tijuana, ma non ha ancora ricevuto quelli necessari per entrare negli Stati Uniti, paese nel quale dovrebbe disputare tutte le partite della fase a gironi. Una situazione che riflette le tensioni geopolitiche degli ultimi mesi e che continua a tenere con il fiato sospeso il Team Melli a pochi giorni dall’inizio della Coppa del Mondo.
La nazionale iraniana si trova dal 18 maggio in ritiro ad Antalya, in Turchia. Nelle scorse ore è arrivata però una notizia positiva: i giocatori hanno ottenuto i visti per il Messico e potranno così raggiungere Tijuana, città scelta come base operativa per il torneo. Secondo quanto riportato da L’Equipe, citando l’ambasciatore iraniano in Turchia, i documenti sarebbero stati rilasciati in appena 48 ore, senza la presenza fisica degli atleti e senza la rilevazione delle impronte digitali presso l’ambasciata messicana. La Federcalcio iraniana ha annunciato che la squadra arriverà in Messico domenica, dove resterà per tutta la durata della manifestazione.
Il nodo principale non è però ancora stato sciolto. I giocatori iraniani attendono infatti il rilascio dei visti statunitensi, indispensabili per disputare le gare del Gruppo G. Le tensioni legate alla guerra in Medio Oriente e un accordo di tregua ancora in sospeso hanno complicato la procedura e costretto la federazione a modificare i propri piani logistici. Già nelle scorse settimane il presidente federale Mehdi Taj aveva annunciato il trasferimento del ritiro da Tucson, in Arizona, a Tijuana, città messicana al confine con gli Stati Uniti. Una scelta dettata proprio dall’incertezza sui permessi d’ingresso. La situazione appare ancora bloccata: la nazionale guidata dal commissario tecnico Amir Ghalenoei resta in attesa di un via libera da Washington, mentre il dialogo politico tra Stati Uniti e Iran resta influenzato dagli sviluppi del conflitto scoppiato il 28 febbraio.
La Coppa del Mondo, organizzata congiuntamente da Stati Uniti, Messico e Canada, prenderà il via l’11 giugno e si concluderà il 19 luglio. L’Iran esordirà (in teoria) il 16 giugno contro la Nuova Zelanda a Los Angeles, in una fase a gironi che si disputerà interamente negli Stati Uniti. Per il momento il primo ostacolo è stato superato grazie ai visti per il Messico. Ma per poter partecipare regolarmente al torneo manca ancora il passaggio decisivo: l’autorizzazione a entrare negli Stati Uniti. E il tempo, ormai, stringe.
L'articolo Iran, per ora niente Mondiali: la Nazionale vola in Messico ma non ha i visti per entrare negli Usa proviene da Il Fatto Quotidiano.
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“The UN added Israel to a blacklist of perpetrators of sexual violence in conflict. We are done with the Secretary-General’s lies. Equating the democratic State of Israel with Hamas terrorists is a new low. Israel protects its citizens while Hamas massacres, rapes, and kidnaps”.
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danonm said in a post on X. In the post below all the previous dossier on this topic.
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UPDATE ON 9 PM – GMT + 2 – JUNE, 17, 2026
When asked how he views the 60-day negotiation countdown with Iran, the US president Donald Trump has said it’s not a hard deadline.
“Just as long as they’re behaving, I really don’t care that much,” he said.
“If they don’t come through, is it a threat that we bomb? You can call it whatever you want, but it’ll probably happen,” he said.
When asked how long US military forces are expected to stay in the Gulf region, the US president said, “Probably a while. I’d say a little while, see how it all goes,” he said.
Below a video of previous US Navy strikes before deal (June, 11)
The ministry has denounced Israel’s approval of new illegal settlement units in the occupied West Bank, as well as a religious school in the heart of Hebron, as a “dangerous escalation”.
As we reported earlier, Israeli media outlets reported that the country’s Higher Planning Council approved 576 new units in Israeli settlements, which are illegal under international law.
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry urged the international community to pressure Israel “to immediately halt all settlement activities, and consider them null and void”.
UPDATE ON 4 PM – GMT + 2 – JUNE, 17, 2026
Israeli settlers set fire to parts of two mosques in the villages of Jiljilya and Mazar’at al-Nubani, north of Ramallah in the central West Bank, according to Palestinian officials and civil defense crews, according to Al Majadeen Lebanese Tv and Al Jazeera Tv.
In Jiljilya, settlers torched the ablution room and scrawled anti-Palestinian slogans on the exterior walls of the village’s main mosque, said Osama Abdallah, head of the Jiljilya village council, speaking to AFP. Abdallah said the settlers had tried to set the mosque itself ablaze but found its door locked, so they instead ignited the ground-floor ablution facility.
Firefighting teams from the Palestinian Civil Defense, along with young men from Jiljilya and nearby villages, managed to extinguish the blaze, Abdallah added.
UPDATE ON 11 AM – GMT + 2 – JUNE, 17, 2026
The G7 summit has started in France, with leaders discussing the issue of Iran. But Ukraine has also been a focus of the meeting.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy joined world leaders for talks, to try to persuade US President Donald Trump to support Kyiv. Al Jazeera’s Natacha Butler reports from Evian-les-Bains, France.
On June, 4, the US House of Representatives has approved legislation to give aid to Ukraine and impose sanctions against Russia, with more than a dozen Republicans defying their leadership to vote in favour of the bill.
Some 18 Republicans joined Democrats to back the Ukraine Support Act on Thursday, which passed in a 226 to 195 vote. It’s the latest instance of Republicans breaking from President Donald Trump recently.
However, it’s unlikely the bill will become law, as it must also be passed by the Senate and then gain Trump’s signature.
In a largely symbolic vote earlier this week, a handful of Republicans in the House backed a resolution seeking to stop Trump from taking further military action in Iran.
The Ukraine Support Act would provide more than $1 billion in security and reconstruction aid, and would authorize $8 billion in financing loans for Ukraine’s defense operations.
The House was able to force a vote on the measure Thursday after Republican supporters of the bill joined Democrats in signing a discharge petition that essentially allows a majority to circumvent leadership.
UPDATE ON 1 AM – GMT + 2 – JUNE, 17, 2026
Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters warned Tuesday that the Israeli army should expect a “harsh response” from Iran’s mighty armed forces if it does not halt its aggression in South Lebanon.
“If the Zionist entity’s army does not cease its aggression in south Lebanon, it should expect a harsh response from Iran’s mighty armed forces,” the statement read.
The headquarters said the IOF had violated the ceasefire in south Lebanon 84 times over the past two days, despite US President Donald Trump’s announcement of an end to the war, and continues to “commit crimes and massacres against the oppressed Lebanese people.”
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi reiterated Tuesday that the MoU contains an explicit clause calling for an end to military operations across all fronts, including Lebanon, warning that continued Israeli ceasefire violations would trigger the mechanism outlined in the agreement.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stressed that ending the war on Lebanon is an inseparable part of any complete cessation of hostilities, and that the continued occupation of Lebanese territory now constitutes a violation of the MoU.
Israeli occupation forces killed four people and wounded several others in a series of attacks on the town of Mayfadoun in south Lebanon on Tuesday afternoon, including a deliberate second strike on residents who had gathered at the scene of an earlier attack.
According to Al Mayadeen’s correspondent in South Lebanon, IOF first bombed a car in Mayfadoun before attacking the same area again after residents had gathered.
A second car in the town was then bombed, followed by a third car in the nearby town of Shoukin, bringing the total to three vehicles struck and one gathering of civilians hit.
Civil Defense teams from the Islamic Health Authority worked to evacuate the casualties in coordination with other ambulance associations.
Vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz are still required to coordinate their movements with naval forces of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Iranian state broadcaster IRIB reported on Tuesday.
The report said that despite recent diplomatic developments, maritime traffic through the strategic waterway remains subject to procedures involving IRGC naval coordination.
On June 11, Iran had announced the closure of the strait to shipping until further notice, including for vessels that had previously received clearance.
Over the weekend, Iran and the United States confirmed the completion of work on a memorandum expected to be signed in Switzerland on June 19. The agreement ismac reported to include provisions aimed at reopening maritime passage through the Strait of Hormuz, although Tehran has not issued an official announcement confirming the reopening.
Following the announcement, US President Donald Trump said he was authorizing the lifting of a US naval blockade, while Iranian authorities also confirmed that Washington had begun easing its maritime restrictions.
UPDATE ON 8 PM – GMT + 2 – JUNE, 16, 2026
The Russian frigate Admiral Grigorovich spotted on Tuesday a UK-flagged yacht in the English Channel, which headed dangerously close to the vessel, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
“After the distance was reduced to 150 meters [492 feet], the frigate’s commander decided to fire preemptively at the vessel’s course using small arms,” the statement read.
“The crew of the frigate Admiral Grigorovich acted in strict compliance with international navigation regulations and took all necessary measures to prevent the incident,” the statement said.
The U.K. Defense Ministry is investigating reports that a Russian warship fired warning shots at a British yacht in the English Channel.
A British official familiar with the incident said reports had been received from a U.K.-registered yacht alleging that a Russian navy vessel fired warning shots nearby, around 500 yards away.
UPDATE ON 7 AM – GMT + 2 – JUNE, 16, 2026
After more than three and a half months of fighting and intense back-and-forth negotiations, US President Donald Trump announced that Washington and Tehran, under Pakistani mediation, have reached a final agreement to end hostilities between them. The deal is expected to be signed in Geneva on June 19.
According to reports, the memorandum of understanding stipulates that upon signing, both sides will declare an immediate, complete, and permanent end to all hostilities across the region, including in Lebanon.
The blockade on Iran would be lifted, Washington would commit not to interfere in Iran’s domestic affairs, refrain from increasing troop levels in the region, and release half of Iran’s frozen assets, an amount totaling approximately $12 billion.
In exchange, Iran would reaffirm its commitment to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and confirm that it will never produce, develop or acquire nuclear weapons. Tehran would also reopen the Strait of Hormuz to commercial maritime traffic within 30 days, according to arrangements specified by Iran.
Israeli media outlets reported mounting frustration in “Israel” following the announcement of the Iran-US memorandum of understanding, with officials acknowledging a severe crisis with Washington and accusing the United States of conceding to Iranian demands.
According to i24NEWS, the main source of Israeli embarrassment concerns the inclusion of Lebanon in the agreement.
An Israeli source told the outlet that the issue has generated “very high tension” with the US administration amid clear disagreements between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump.
The report noted that while political officials insist there will be no Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon at this stage, significant questions remain regarding the Israeli occupation’s future freedom of military aggression.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ruled out withdrawing Israeli troops from Lebanon, saying Israeli forces will remain in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria for as long as necessary to protect the country.
An Israeli source also expressed hope that the agreement would collapse, telling i24NEWS: “Like Obama’s agreement, this is not the end of the road. The Iranians will not abide by it, and future operations to eliminate the nuclear project and strike their missiles are only a matter of time.”
The newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth sharply criticized Washington’s handling of negotiations with Tehran, arguing that while coordination with the United States remains important, describing “Israel’s” growing dependence on Washington as “dangerous and irresponsible.”
Israel has not taken the news lightly. Opposition leader Yair Lapid said that the emerging agreement achieves “none of Israel’s goals.”, according to RT (former Russia Today)
“The regime survives, the missile program remains intact, and Iran retains the ability to rebuild its nuclear program. This is a complete failure by Netanyahu, and in the process he is turning Israel into a client state that takes orders on matters of its own national security.”
Another opposition figure, Yair Golan, was equally blunt, describing the policy as a failure.
”Trump is signing an agreement that funnels billions of dollars to the Ayatollahs’ regime, leaves the nuclear infrastructure intact, preserves the ballistic threat as it is, and throws a lifeline to the murderous regime in Tehran.”
“The general feeling on the street is that Trump has sold us out,” said Maor Attias, a 56-year-old resident of Haifa.
“Americans simply don’t understand the Middle East. Iran fed them a narrative, and they bought it, either because they genuinely believed it or because they were tired of dealing with the conflict. Midterm elections are coming up, and politicians need the support of their voters. In this equation, Israel sits at the bottom of the priority list.”
UPDATE ON 7 PM – GMT + 2 – JUNE, 15, 2026
Russian troops delivered a massive overnight strike on Ukrainian military-industrial sites in retaliation to Kiev’s attacks on civilian facilities, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Monday.
“Last night, in retaliation to the Kiev regime’s terrorist attacks, the Russian Armed Forces delivered a massive strike by air-launched, ground-based and seaborne long-range precision weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles on facilities of the military-industrial sector in the cities of Kiev, Kharkov and Dnepropetrovsk,” the ministry said in a statement.
The strikes also targeted military airfields and territorial recruitment centers, it said. “The goals of the strike were achieved. All the designated targets were hit,” the ministryreported.
These are the main goals achieved according to TASS:
A missile of the US-made Patriot air defense system hit the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra compound and the delivery of missiles with the expired service life could be behind the system’s improper operation, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported.
“According to confirmed data, the building compound of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra was hit by a missile of the US-made Patriot surface-to-air missile system. This could have been caused by the delivery of missiles with the expired service life by Western countries to the Kiev regime,” the ministry said.
More highlights from the news conference by Esmail Baghaei, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman:
Lebanon’s national sovereignty is one of the main pillars of the memorandum of understanding agreed with the United States.
The deal emphasizes ending the war on all fronts, including respecting the national sovereignty and territorial integrity of Lebanon, which is clearly stated in the framework of our international commitment.
These clear statements show no agreement will be sustainable without comprehensive guarantees of Lebanon’s security and territorial independence.
Iran says termination of the Israeli war on Lebanon is an “inseparable” part of an agreement between Tehran and Washington to permanently end the illegal US-Israeli aggression against the Islamic Republic, as reported by Iranian Press TV.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei made the remarks during his weekly press briefing on Monday as American and Iranian officials confirmed that the two sides had finalized a memorandum of understanding (MoU), with a formal signing ceremony expected on Friday.
He said that the finalization of the Iran-US memorandum that calls for ending the war on all fronts, including in Lebanon, was the outcome of the Islamic Republic’s resilience against two evil actors.
He added that the Zionist regime’s crimes in Beirut’s southern Dahiyeh suburb, which took place amid mounting efforts towards an agreement between Iran and the US, became a means to secure the national interests of Iran and Lebanon at a maximum level and made the Resistance Axis more united.
“Lebanon and the termination of the war in Lebanon are an inseparable part of the understanding on ending the [US-Israeli] war [on Iran]. We have shown that we are determined in this regard and have proven in practice that we are serious, and we will continue to monitor developments carefully in the future,” he said.
Shortly after the announcement of a memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran, which included the end of the war on all fronts, including Lebanon, Israeli occupation forces pressed ahead with their assaults south of the Arab country, violating the deal.
According to Lebanese media outlets, Israeli warplanes carried out two airstrikes in the early hours of Monday, targeting the town of Majdal Zoun. A drone strike hit areas in the town of Kfar Tebnit as well. There were, however, no immediate reports about possible casualties and the extent of damage caused.
This aerial aggression was coupled with intense and ongoing artillery bombardment on the city of Nabatieh and the towns of Kfar Remman, Nabatieh al-Fawqa, and Kfar Tebnit.
Additional reports also noted further strikes by the occupation forces in the towns of Khiam and Markaba in southern Lebanon, along with a drone attack on the town of Haris in the Bint Jbeil district of the Nabatieh Governorate.
UPDATE ON 4 AM – GMT + 2 – JUNE, 15, 2026
An agreement between the United States and Iran to halt fighting and open the Strait of Hormuz has been reached, President Donald Trump announced. A signing is scheduled for Friday, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said.
Iran’s deputy foreign minister said a memorandum of understanding is complete and the U.S. naval blockade against Iran will end Sunday night, according to Iranian state media.
Trump comments on Truth:
“The Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete. Congratulations to all! I hereby fully authorize the toll free opening of the Strait of Hormuz, and, simultaneously herewith, authorize the immediate removal of the United States Naval blockade. Ships of the World, start your engines. Let the oil flow”
Tje president JD VANCE:
“After the Israelis struck Beirut, we saw a lot of evidence the Iranians were going to launch a large number of missiles at the Israelis. With our communication with them…they assured us they were NOT going to respond to the Israelis. They were going to sign the agreement, and get to peace. “
The secretariat of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) has confirmed that Tehran and Washington have finalized the text of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on ending the war, bringing an immediate and permanent halt to military operations on all fronts, including Lebanon, and terminating the US naval blockade against Iran.
In a statement released on Monday night, the SNSC secretariat said that the Islamic Republic, under the guidance of its martyred Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the directives of the current Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, the unwavering support of the Iranian people, and the tireless efforts of the country’s armed forces, has completed a period of difficult and intensive negotiations.
“Based on the approval of the Supreme National Security Council, the text of the memorandum of understanding regarding the end-of-war negotiations (Islamabad talks) between Iran and the United States was finalized on the evening of June 15,” the statement read.
“Under the agreements reached, the war and military operations on all fronts, including Lebanon, are ended immediately and permanently. Furthermore, the naval blockade against Iran is terminated immediately and completely.”
«The central command center of the Iranian armed forces says the will of the Iranian nation has been successfully imposed on the enemies» Iranian Press TV has reported.
In a statement issued early on Monday, the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters hailed the resilient people of the Islamic Republic of Iran for their glorious victory.
It also commended those serving in the armed forces, as well as the resistance front, for their “unwavering determination” throughout the more than 100 days of war.
“With the grace of Almighty God and under the command of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, the Iranian people and their fighters have proven that the wretched American and Zionist enemies have no choice but to accept defeat and surrender,”it stated.
UPDATE ON 8 PM – GMT + 2 – JUNE, 14, 2026
Latest Beirut strikes creating “issues” with finalizing deal — ‘diplomat involved in talks’ to Fox News.
‘Clear attempt by Israel to SABOTAGE Trump’s deal and drag the US back into war’
Qalibaf says Israel’s attack on Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, shows that the Trump administration lacks either the will or the ability to fulfill its commitments.
Shortly after Israeli forces bombed Beirut’s Dahiyeh district on Sunday, Qalibaf warned Washington that “continuing on the current path would be impossible if commitments cannot be fulfilled.”
US President Donald Trump has urged all parties to “stand down” following the Israeli aggression on Beirut, which, according to him, “should not have happened.”
US President Donal Trump on Truth Social:
“This morning’s attack on Beirut should not have happened, particularly on a special day when we are so close to a Peace Deal with Iran. Israel has the right to defend itself against threats, but the attack it was responding to was very small and meaningless, nobody was hurt, injured, or killed, and should not disrupt this important process. We are very close to a Deal that will bring peace to the region, including to Lebanon, and all sides should stand down. There should be no more attacks by Israel anywhere in Lebanon, but there should also be no more attacks by any other party, including Hezbollah, against Israel. This could be the beginning of a long and beautiful peace — Let’s not blow it! Thank you for your attention to this matter.
UPDATE ON 7 AM – GMT + 2 – JUNE, 14, 2026
Explosions shook southern Lebanon on Saturday as Israel continued its attacks, despite US President Trump saying a US-Iran deal will be signed on Sunday. Iranian media reported the initial agreement would declare an end to the war “on all fronts, including Lebanon”.
Hezbollah uploaded footage showing them downing an Israeli ‘Heron-1’ MALE drone at an altitude of 7 kilometers with an advanced Iranian 358 surface-to-air missile for the first time.
The Heron is a Medium-Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial system (UAS) operated by customers worldwide in strategic, tactical, and homeland security missions. With the capability to conduct continuous operations for up to 45 hours at altitudes of up to 35,000 feet, the Heron is a robust and combat-proven platform.
It cost around $9-10 million.
The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon – Hezbollah announced on Saturday that its fighters confronted Israeli occupation forces attempting to infiltrate areas in southern Lebanon, targeting troop and vehicle concentrations with rocket barrages and attack drones in response to ongoing Israeli violations of the ceasefire, Al Majadeen Lebanese TV has reported.
In a series of statements, the Resistance said its fighters detected an Israeli force that had advanced into the southern town of Majdal Zoun in the Tyre district. Resistance fighters subsequently launched an ambush, engaging the force with light and medium weapons as well as rocket-propelled munitions for approximately two hours.
According to the Resistance, several accompanying Israeli military vehicles were destroyed and caught fire during the confrontation. Simultaneously, Resistance fighters targeted Israeli troop concentrationson the southern and southeastern outskirts of Majdal Zoun with three successive rocket barrages.
The latest operations come as Israeli occupation forces have intensified attempts to establish positions on elevated terrain across southern Lebanon, particularly in areas surrounding Nabatieh and Tyre (watch below a previous video by Al Jazeera).
The escalation coincides with reports of accelerated diplomatic efforts surrounding a potential memorandum of understanding between Iran and the United States, with discussions reportedly addressing the implementation of a ceasefire in Lebanon and the future status of occupying forces in the region.
UPDATE ON 12 AM – GMT + 2 – JUNE, 13, 2026
Last night, Ukraine was highly anticipating a strike by the Oreshnik IRBM, with the entire country even going on alert. But our military “disappointed” the enemy, striking only dronesThe enemy counted 117 drones, allegedly shot down 102 UAVs. The rest performed well.
«In the city of Dnipropetrovsk (Ukrainian: Dnepr), a large oil depot burned overnight after an evening attack. The fire could not be extinguished, and it died out on its own when everything burned out. Another massive fire occurred in the Boryspil district of the Kyiv region, where attack drones attacked the BRSM-Nafta oil depot in the village of Pereyaslavske. The fire engulfed an area of 2000 square meters, and everything was destroyed» Alexander Grigoryev has reported on TopWar (and NewsPravda).
In Vasylkivka, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, drone strikes were followed by a powerful detonation. The explosions were so powerful that they were heard in Sinelnykove, Pavlohrad, and even Dnipropetrovsk, over 70 kilometers from the epicenter. It appears a large ammunition depot was uncovered.
In the Chernihiv region, a massive fire broke out in Mykhailo-Kotsiubynske after Geranium strikes. The fire targeted a lyceum used for military deployment, possibly foreign (photo). The sound of roaring and rumbling continued throughout the night in Sumy and occupied Zaporizhia. Locals reported explosions and fires.
Crews of Russia’s Aerospace Forces destroyed the Ukrainian army’s deployment sites by FAB-3000 and FAB-1500 glide bombs near the settlements of Belitskoye and Shchurovo in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), the Russian Defense Ministry reported, uploading a video of the strike.
“Live-recording images confirm the successful destruction of the targets: the temporary deployment site of a unit of the Ukrainian National Guard’s 4th separate rapid reaction brigade in the area of the settlement of Belitskoye and the temporary deployment site of a formation of the Ukrainian army’s 63rd separate mobile brigade in the area of the settlement of Shchurovo,” the ministry said in a statement.
Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft, together with kamikaze drone operators and Lancet loitering munition crews from the 58th Army, launched a combined strike against Ukrainian Armed Forces reserves and artillery also in the Zaporizhzhia direction
MOSCOW, June 11. /TASS/. Russian troops liberated two communities in the Kharkov Region and the Donetsk People’s Republic over the past 24 hours in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported.
“Battlegroup North units gained control of the settlement of Okhrimovka in the Kharkov Region through decisive operations. <…> Battlegroup South units liberated the settlement of Roskoshnoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic through decisive operations,” the ministry said in a statement.
The Ukrainian army lost roughly 1,220 troops in battles with Russian forces in all the frontline areas over the past 24 hours, according to the latest data on the special military operation in Ukraine released by Russia’s Defense Ministry.
The footage shows militants occupying residential buildings in the city and setting up firing positions there.Russian troops are destroying concentrations of Ukrainian Nazis with precise drone and artillery strikes. Drone operators are also monitoring enemy logistics, preventing them from transporting.
UPDATE ON 12 AM – GMT + 2 – JUNE, 12, 2026
Iran has denied reaching any final agreement with the United States, pushing back against claims by US President Donald Trump that a memorandum of understanding could be signed as early as this weekend.
On Friday, Tehran categorically rejected that any decision had been made regarding a deal the US president said would end the war. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei confirmed on Thursday that no final decision had been taken by Iran on the proposed agreement.
The denial follows White House assertions that a “great settlement” had been reached to “end the war with Iran.”
Trump announced on Tuesday that a deal with Iran was imminent, marking, according to a CNN tally, the 38th time such an announcement has been made since the US and “Israel” launched their war on Iran.
Echoing Tehran’s stance, Iran’s Tasnim News Agency noted, “Until Iran announces the existence of a possible understanding, any news issued by Trump in this regard should be treated like his previous messages.”
Meanwhile, Iran’s Fars News Agency quoted a source close to the Iranian negotiating team on Thursday as confirming that no draft of an initial memorandum of understanding with the United States had been approved so far.
Earlier on Thursday, Trump claimed he had called off airstrikes and bombings that had been planned against Iran, as “talks with the Islamic Republic of Iran have reached the highest levels of Iranian leadership and received their approval.”
A video that went viral in a few hours shows US Secretary of State Marco Rubio running away after being attacked by citizens protesting against the aggressive foreign policy of the White House
“You’re a criminal, can you hear us with your big ears? Don’t touch the Cube! You are a puppet of Israel, you are a war criminal, you have blood on your hands. Go to hell! Leave Palestine, Lebanon, Iran and Cuba alone.”
UPDATE ON 5 PM – GMT + 2 – JUNE, 11, 2026
During what has been described as tit-for-tat attacks, on June 10 the US bombed the drinking water supply in the Bemani district of Sirik, Hormozgan province, Iran. The 500-cubic-meter tank and a 2,000-cubic-meter reservoir provided water for 20,000 Iranians, GlobalResearch pointed out.
“Targeting civilian water infrastructure raises serious humanitarian concerns,” the Iranian Consulate in Mumbai, India said. “The incident occurred amid a wave of reported explosions in Iran’s south, including several powerful blasts heard in Bandar Abbas and the activation of air defence systems across Jask, Qeshm Island and Bandar Abbas,” Aljazeera reported.
International Humanitarian Law (IHL) prohibits the attack, destruction, or rendering useless of objects indispensable to civilian survival, including water supplies and installations.
“International legal standards, notably the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, explicitly prohibit attacks on water sources that are vital for civilian populations. These protections seek to prevent water sources from becoming targets, which could deny access to safe water and jeopardize public health,” notes the Rectilo Legal Insights Blog.
UPDATE ON 1 PM – GMT + 2 – JUNE, 11, 2026
Iran’s foreign ministry condemns the US strikes on the country, saying that it has rendered the ceasefire “practically meaningless”. Earlier the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) launched retaliatory strikes on US forces in the region, including Kuwait, Bahrain, and Jordan, according to Iranian news reports.
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says it fired 12 ballistic missiles at the US-operated al-Azraq air base in Jordan in response to the missile attacks by Washington against the Islamic Republic.
In a statement on Thursday, the IRGC said that its Aerospace Force hit American F-35, F-15, and F-16 fighter jets and important facilities of the “terrorist US army” located at the airbase and a command-and-control center.
The missile attack destroyed the base’s facilities and a large number of the fighter jets, it added.
In statements issued early Thursday, the IRGC and the Iranian Army announced a series of coordinated retaliatory military operations targeting US military installations across the region, including assets in Bahrain (read updates below).
The IRGC said its Aerospace Force and Navy conducted a retaliatory operation in two separate waves in reprisal for attacks on the Corps’ coastal outposts and service units, law enforcement posts, and the Bandar Abbas airport area.
Separately, the Army’s Public Relations Office reported a drone operation targeting the headquarters of the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.
One day ago, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claims the attack was successful drones to the US base in the Jordanian city of Al-Azraq. This is the Muwaffaq Salti military base.
According to a statement from the Iranian side, the strikes targeted hangars housing fifth-generation F-35 fighter jets, as well as a command center and other key targets at this large facility.
The IRGC statement emphasized that the operation was carried out in response to actions by the United States and its allies in the region. The Al-Azraq base is considered one of the key US Air Force facilities in the Middle East, from which reconnaissance and strike flights are conducted. aviationIran claims the attack caused significant damage to the enemy’s infrastructure and aircraft.
At this time, there has been no official confirmation from the American or Jordanian sides.
UPDATE ON 2 AM – GMT + 2 – JUNE, 11, 2026
The US Central Command (CENTCOM) says it launched attacks targeting “military surveillance capabilities, communication systems, and air defence sites across Iran” in response to its “unwarranted and continued aggression”.
VIDEO LEGEND: CENTCOM forces launched strikes on Iranian military surveillance capabilities, communication systems, and air defense sites across Iran. U.S. Marine Corps, Air Force, and Navy assets fired precision munitions on Iranian targets that posed a threat to U.S. forces and international commercial ships transiting regional waters. USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) launches Tomahawk cruise missiles in support of self-defense strikes against Iran, June 10, 2026. (U.S. Navy Video)
Iranian media report explosions in several areas along its southern coastline, including Bandar Abbas, Minab, Sirik, Kish Island and Qeshm Island. Karaj, near Tehran, was also attacked.
Iran’s IRGC says it carried out counterattacks on 18 US military targets at airbases in Kuwait and Bahrain, as well as the Fifth Fleet.
It says it fired 12 ballistic missiles at the Azraq airbase in Jordan for a second night, according to state media. Kuwaiti and Bahraini authorities report the interception of hostile aerial targets overnight, while Jordan makes no comments on the attack.
CENTCOM says the strikes were completed about four hours after they began, soon after midnight in Tehran.
India’s Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday confirmed that all three missing Indian seafarers have died after a US attack on a tanker in the Gulf.
On Wednesday, India summoned the US deputy chief of mission, Jason Meeks, and lodged a “strong protest”.
US CENTCOM said it carried out a “precision” strike on the Settebello, as it transited the Gulf of Oman, claiming it was carrying Iranian oil and that the crew failed to comply with instructions from US forces.
An Iranian cargo barge was hit by a US projectile in the Gulf of Oman early on Thursday, the Iranian governor of Sirik county said, according to Mehr news agency.
The 150-tonne cargo barge, owned by locals from Sirik and carrying essential goods from the Omani port of Khasab, was hit about 5 nautical miles off Khasab, Reza Shahidian, the governor of Sirik, said.
A powerful explosion rocked southern Yemen. The largest ammunition depot in the Aden region, located in the Giants Brigade camp in Al-Mudaffar, was destroyed. Twelve soldiers were reported killed, and several others were injured to varying degrees. The blast was so powerful that it was heard throughout much of the city.
Formally, the “Giants” unit is supported by Saudi Arabia and is part of the Yemeni Presidential Council. However, the brigade’s fighters make no secret of whose interests they truly represent.
A preliminary theory was voiced: the explosion was caused by a short circuit in the ammunition storage facility. This allegedly led to a fire, which caused the explosion. Eyewitnesses also reported a series of explosions.
UPDATE ON 11 PM – GMT + 2 – JUNE, 10, 2026
In response to renewed United States’ strikes on its territory, Iran has decided to completely close the Strait of Hormuz to navigation, the Khatam al-Anbiya central headquarters of the Iranian armed forces said.
“Effective immediately, due to the lack of security in the region, the Strait of Hormuz is hereby declared closed to all types of vessels, including oil tankers and merchant ships. Any attempt to pass through will be met with strikes,” the Iranian state television quoted its statement.
Meanwhile, the naval forces of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said that they have already hit two vessels trying to pass through the Strait.
UPDATE ON 1 PM – GMT + 2 – JUNE, 10, 2026
Iran’s Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the US aggression against the country, accusing Washington of brutally attacking areas in southern Iran under the pretext of responding to the downing of a US Army Apache helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz on Monday night.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, the ministry slammed the US strikes as a “blatant violation” of the United Nations Charter, emphasizing that the attack underscored the criminal nature and militaristic conduct of the US administration.
The strikes are a serious breach of Iran’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, Tehran said, holding Washington fully responsible for the consequences of its actions.
The U.S. military began new attacks on Iran in retaliation for the downing of a U.S. Army Apache helicopter, U.S. Central Command said.
“The mission is a proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression,” CENTCOM wrote in a post on X. Earlier, President Donald Trump said that Iran had shot down the helicopter while it was patrolling over the Strait of Hormuz and noted that the U.S. would respond.
Preliminary data, satellite imagery assessments, and information from Iranian security services point to the success of Iran’s large-scale military operation that was carried out at dawn Wednesday, Fars News Agencyreported, citing an informed military source.
According to the source, Iran’s Air and Missile Forces successfully struck 70% of the designated military targets with high precision, adding that long-range ballistic missiles and drones operated by Iran’s armed forces were able to penetrate air defense systems deployed at US military bases in the region.
Iranian missiles and drones also accurately hit their designated targets at the al-Azraq base in Jordan, the Ali al-Salem base in Kuwait, as well as the headquarters of the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, the source stated.
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) announced early Wednesday that it launched an attack targeting 21 US-linked sites across the region, including the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, stressing that the operation was in response to recent American aggression on Iran.
The targets also included a US F-35 fighter jet base in al-Azraq in Jordan, as well as a command and control center at the same facility. Iranian Fars news agency reported that the IRGC used Kheibar Shekan missiles in strikes targeting F-35 hangars in Jordan.
The IRGC added that it had destroyed four high-value targets using long-range solid-fuel missiles and said a US MQ-9 drone was shot down during aerial engagements over Jam in Iran’s southern Bushehr province.
The IRGC warned that continued hostile actions would be met with “more severe and harsher responses,” signaling readiness to expand its military operations if attacks persist.
At the same time, Iran’s Tasnim News Agency reported that Iranian air defenses shot down an American MQ-9 drone over the city of Jam in Bushehr province in southern Iran.
Below the previous Iranian retaliation to US attack on first days of June
VIDEO LEGEND: June, 3. Kuwait has released surveillance footage showing the dramatic moments surrounding a deadly strike on Terminal 1 of Kuwait International Airport, an incident that has intensified tensions across the Gulf region and triggered a major security response. The newly released video captures the impact and aftermath of the strike, with footage showing significant structural damage inside the airport complex. Authorities say portions of the terminal suffered extensive destruction, while surveillance images appear to show sections of the roof collapsing following the impact. According to Kuwaiti officials, the attack resulted in fatalities and injuries, with an Indian national among those reported killed.
The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) announced the launch of “Operation Victory” targeting the strategic Israeli air bases of Nevatim and Tel Nof.
In a statement, the IRGC said the operation was dedicated to martyrs of the 12-Day War.
According to the statement, the operation targeted key facilities at the two air bases in response to Israeli missile attacks on several radar sites in three locations across Iran.
The Israeli military command said its military aircraft launched attacks on western and central Iran early on Monday morning. Hours later, sirens sounded across the occupied Palestinian territories amid a missile attack.
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps confirmed that Iranian soil was targeted by Israeli aggression, saying that the Israeli regime utilized air-launched ballistic missiles to attack Iran from outside its airspace.
This comes as sounds of several explosions were heard in Tehran, Tabriz, Isfahan, and Karaj. According to Israeli Channel 12, the Tehran Mehrabad International Airport was also bombed in the wave of strikes.
Separately, Iranian media reported that an Israeli strike targeted the Karoun Mahshahr Petrochemical Company in Iran’s Khuzestan Province, causing damage to facilities at the site.
Meanwhile, Al Mayadeen‘s correspondent in Baghdad reported that an explosion of unknown origin was heard across the Iraqi capital.
After the wave of Israeli attacks concluded, Israeli media outlets reported that alert levels had been raised in Tel Aviv and southern areas in anticipation of a possible counterattack.
This followed an Iranian response to Israeli aggression in Lebanon and piracy near the Strait of Hormuz.
UPDATE ON 10 AM – GMT + 2 – JUNE, 4, 2026
The House offered a rare rebuke to President Donald Trump, passing a Democratic-led measure to end his war with Iran over objections from Republican leadership.
The resolution directs Trump to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities with Iran, unless he receives congressional approval. It would not force him to end the conflict, however, and is a symbolic expression of disapproval of the war.
Democrats have repeatedly forced votes to limit Trump’s war powers in both the House and the Senate – a campaign that has gradually picked up more GOP support in recent weeks. On Thursday morning, Trump attacked the four Republicans who joined with Democrats to defy him.
“Yesterday, in a meaningless vote, the House voted, 4 bad Republicans and all of the Dumocrats, to limit my War Powers, right in the middle of my final negotiations to end the War with the Islamic Republic of Iran,” he wrote on Truth Social.
“Who would do such an unpatriotic thing. They know where the negotiations stand. The Democrats are fueled by Trump Derangement Syndrome. They would rather have our Country fail than give me another, of many, victories. The four Republicans, that’s a whole other story – They’re GRANDSTANDERS! They should be ashamed of themselves.”
The vote was 215 to 208 with Republican Reps. Thomas Massie, Brian Fitzpatrick, Tom Barrett and Warren Davidson crossing party lines to support the resolution.
The war in Ukraine now appears headed for a no-win escalation that can only lead to a direct war between NATO and Russia, as King Charles of England called for in his last meeting with US President Donald Trump.
This is due to repeated terrorist attacks by Kiev, which, using new powerful drones built in collaboration with European countries and with the advice of former CIA Chief Mike Pompeo, is seeking to claim as many victims as possible, as occurred in the double-tap attack on the Starobelsk school dormitory, which killed 21 students.
Russia didn’t even have time to launch 500 drones and 71 missiles in retaliation for this shameful war crime, when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s army targeted a passenger bus in Donbas, killing eight. Among them were Polish citizens on their way to Mariupol for work.
See the video and details below.
Yesterday, June,3, a Ukrainian suicide drone attacked a passenger bus in the city of Yenakiieve (Donetzk Popular Republic – DPR) that was heading from Moscow to Simferopol. It is reported that there were 46 people in the cabin.
According to the head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, 8 people were killed, their identities are being established, and 11 passengers were injured.
️Among the passengers injured in the bus attack in the city of Yenakievo were Polish citizens who were traveling to Mariupol.
Details of the Ukrainian Armed Forces strike on a bus in the DPR. Ukraine is under fire from retaliatory attacks
Eight dead, a child among the wounded and a completely burnt—out interior — the Ukrainian Armed Forces strike on the Moscow-Simferopol bus in Yenakievo has become one of the worst attacks in recent weeks.
The Investigative Committee of Russia has opened a criminal case on the terrorist attack.
Footage of Missile strikes on Kiev overnight on June, 3, 2026 as Russian retaliation to Kiev’s attack on Starobelsk
The Russian Armed Forces delivered a massive strike by airborne, ground-based and seaborne long-range precision weapons, including air-launched hypersonic ballistic missiles and attack unmanned aerial vehicles
The Missile strikes on Kiev were done with Zircon missiles according to some accounts
Russian troops delivered a massive overnight strike on Ukrainian military-industrial sites and military airfields in retaliation to Kiev’s terrorist attack on Starobelsk in the Lugansk People’s Republic that killed 21 college students, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported.
“Last night, in retaliation to the Kiev regime’s terrorist attack on the city of Starobelsk in the Lugansk People’s Republic where 21 students died and 42 others suffered wounds as a result of several waves of UAV strikes on the college, and also in retaliation to other terrorist attacks on civilian infrastructure,the Russian Armed Forces delivered a massive strike by airborne, ground-based and seaborne long-range precision weapons, including air-launched hypersonic ballistic missiles and attack unmanned aerial vehicles, hitting enterprises of Ukraine’s military-industrial sector, fuel and transport infrastructure used by the Ukrainian army and military airfields,” the ministry said in a statement.
Ukrainian authorities say at least 22 people have been killed and dozens wounded in Russian missile and drone attacks across Ukraine, days after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Moscow was preparing for a major offensive.
Russia launched 656 drones and 73 missiles at Ukraine overnight, Ukraine’s air force said on Tuesday. It said the main targets were the capital city of Kyiv, the central city of Dnipro, and the eastern cities of Poltava, Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia. Ukrainian air defence destroyed and suppressed 40 missiles and 602 drones.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said six people were killed in the Ukrainian capital and dozens of others, including two children, were injured in the “mass enemy attack”.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region in central Ukraine, at least 16 people were killed and 36 others, including children, were injured in Russian attacks, Governor Oleksandr Ganzha said.
Fifteen people, including a child, were wounded in Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine, according to Mayor Ihor Terekhov.
UPDATE ON 11 PM – GMT + 2 – JUNE, 1, 2026
Eight people have died and 19 have been injured, including 5 children and 6 women, as a result of an Israeli airstrike on the Nabatieh area in Lebanon, according to the country’s Ministry of Health
UPDATE ON 11 PM – GMT + 2 – MAY, 31, 2026
Lebanon’s prime minister has accused Israel of pursuing a “scorched-earth policy” in his country’s south, urging a halt to incessant air and artillery strikes.
A day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his forces had advanced deeper into Lebanon, his counterpart Nawaf Salam warned the country is facing a “dangerous” escalation and called for “a swift and real ceasefire”.
In a televised address, Salam accused Israel of “collective punishment” by “destroying towns and villages, and forcing their inhabitants into exile”.This will bring “neither security nor stability” to Israel, he said. Israel issued forced displacement warnings for more than a dozen locations in southern Israel on Saturday.
Israeli forces have crossed the Litani River in Lebanon for the first time since the 2006 war with Hezbollah. Al Jazeera’s Lina Abu Akleh explains the latest advances and Hezbollah’s response
Israeli troops have reached the towns of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah and Choukine on the outskirts of Nabatieh – a Hezbollah stronghold – while Lebanon’s National News Agency reported that Israeli strikes on Deir ez-Zahrani at dawn on Sunday killed several people.
Imad Salamey, an international relations professor at the Lebanese American University, told Al Jazeera that the city’s significance extends far beyond military considerations.
“Nabatieh is strategically important because it represents far more than a military hub; it is one of the principal political, economic, and social centres of Lebanon’s Shia community and a key connective node between southern Lebanon, the Bekaa Valley, and Beirut,” he told Al Jazeera.
“Militarily, control of Nabatieh would provide Israel with greater operational depth beyond the Litani River, facilitating pressure on Hezbollah’s command, logistics, and support networks throughout southern Lebanon.
VIDEO LEGEND: Invading Israeli forces have crossed north of Lebanon’s Litani River and seized the medieval Beaufort Castle in the southern Nabatieh Governorate. Video shows soldiers at the Crusader-era fortress, where Israeli and Golani Brigade flags have been raised.
At least one person has been killed in an Israeli air strike near Nabih Berri Governmental University Hospital in Nabatieh, Lebanon.
Israel’s military continues to attack health facilities and medics in southern Lebanon, as it did during its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip. Attacking hospitals is a war crime under international law.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry says yesterday’s Israeli strike on the southern Lebanese municipality of Adloun in the district of Sidon killed nine members of the same Syrian family, including six children.
The statement with the final toll was carried by Lebanon’s official National News Agency.
Far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir posted a video calling on Israel’s prime minister to “level the southern suburbs in Beirut to the ground” as Hezbollah heavily bombards northern Israel.
Posting on his Instagram account, Ben-Gvir said he opposed the previous ceasefire with Lebanon, calling for targeting the southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital, where Hezbollah has a significant presence.
He addressed Israel’s leader directly in the video, saying: “Dear Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, I love and appreciate you, but now is the time to level the suburbs to the ground. We have appreciation for Trump and we must say thank you for the partnership. But the red line is the harm to soldiers or civilians, and the suburbs must be levelled to the ground.”
A US aircraft fired a missile at a cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman while enforcing the blockade of Iran, US Central Command (CENTCOM) has said.
According to CENTCOM, the Gambian-flagged M/V Lian Star ignored more than 20 warnings on Friday while sailing toward an Iranian port.
“A US aircraft disabled the vessel by firing a Hellfire missile into the ship’s engine room after Lian Star’s crew failed to comply. The ship is no longer transiting to Iran,” CENTCOM said on X on Saturday.
AP reported, citing a US official, that the vessel remains adrift and that US forces did not board it.
UPDATE ON 6 PM – GMT + 2 – MAY, 30, 2026
The Ukrainian military attacked Russia’s Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), puncturing a hole in the machine hall of one of the facility’s units, Aleksey Likhachev, CEO of the Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom, has said.
The conflict in Ukraine today has turned out to be one step closer to becoming nuclear at the suggestion of Kiev. For the first time, a Ukrainian kamikaze drone controlled by optical fiber purposefully attacked the engine room of power unit No. 6 of the Zaporizhia NPP, the largest plant in Europe.
The pro-Nazi regime of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has obviously denied this blatant attack like the massacre of students in the Stareblesk dormitory…
VIDEO LEGEND: A hole has formed in the wall, this is not an accidental hit, but a targeted blow to a key part of the system, which is located just a few meters from the reactor, said Alexey Likhachev, head of Rosatom. The engine room is a high—tech precision structure, in fact, the “engine” of the station, which generates electricity. Any damage can lead to a complete failure of the unit and the loss of the entire power unit, said Yuri Chernichuk, Director of the NPP.
The ZNPP – which has repeatedly been attacked by Kiev forces over the past years – came under a new attack on Saturday, with a fiber-optics-guided drone making it to the machine hall of the sixth power unit of the plant. Given that such munitions are guided by their operators until the impact, the strike was carried out deliberately, and any “theories of an accidental hit” can be ruled out, Likhachev stated.
“One could, if I may put it this way, ‘congratulate’ the entire international community – this is the first-ever deliberate attack on the nuclear power plant’s main equipment, with a penetrative explosion and damage to the machine hall,” he said.
Several American service members and contractors sustained injuries and US drones sustained severe damage in an Iranian ballistic missile strike on a Kuwaiti air base in response to US aggression on Iran.
The injuries occurred when debris from an intercepted Fateh-110 missile fell on the Ali Al Salem air base in Kuwait, Bloomberg reported, citing a person familiar with the incident. Approximately five people, including US military personnel and contractors, were wounded, allegedly lightly.
While the missile itself was allegedly intercepted by Kuwait’s air defenses, according to the report, the resulting shrapnel and debris caused significant damage on the ground. Two US MQ-9 Reaper drones, valued at roughly $30 million apiece, were also hit. One drone was completely destroyed, and the other was badly damaged.
VIDEO LEGEND: Units of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps demonstrated the launches of operational and tactical missiles of the Fateh-110 family at an American base in Kuwait. Missiles with an inertial satellite guidance system and correlation homing heads flew to a range of up to 300 km at altitudes of 35-45 km, followed by a decrease in a quasi-ballistic trajectory. The use of composite solid-fuel engines ensured high speed in the active area, and low effective surface dispersion made it difficult for missile defense systems to detect.
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) issued a stern warning on May 28 following a US military violation and aggression near the Bandar Abbas Airport, stressing that any further aggression “will not go unanswered” (read updates below).
In a statement released by its public relations office, the IRGC said the US military launched aerial projectiles at a location on the outskirts of Bandar Abbas before dawn. It added that Iran responded by targeting the US air base from which the attack originated at approximately 4:50 am.
“Where we can help Ukraine, we are doing it,” US Secretary of War The same approach, according to Hegseth, applies to Europe.
“If you look at the amount of money spent, Europe has stepped up, and Ukraine has been just as, if not more, effective in this process. So we want them to be able to defend themselves, and we’ll find a way to make sure we can help them,” he said.
“In President Trump’s budget for 2027, you will see investments of $56 billion in the development of unmanned aerial vehicles (around 3000 thousnads). And we will continue to learn from Ukraine’s experience on the battlefield. Scale scale is not a matter of having perfect systems, but of being able to scale, scale quickly, and adapt week by week. It is at this rate that drone technology is changing” he added.
So even the head of the Pentagon implicitly admits that the White House is ready to obey the “order” of King Charles of England to prepare for war with Russia in Ukraine.
UPDATE ON 7 PM – GMT + 2 – MAY, 29, 2026
Ukrainian drones have previously entered the airspace of various countries, and initial reports consistently claimed it was “a Russian attack,” President Vladimir Putin said in response to a TASS question about the drone incident in Romania.
“The examination will show” Putin caught Ursula in endless lies.
“Only an independent expert examination will be able to establish who owned the drone that crashed into an apartment building in the Romanian city of Galac”. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with journalists following a state visit to Kazakhstan, the correspondent of PolitNavigator reports.
The journalists asked for comments on the reaction of European leaders to the incident. “I don’t even understand what it’s about. Before entering the hall, they told me that some kind of drone had flown into Romania. I don’t know what kind of drone. If Mrs. von der Leyen claims that it was a Russian drone, but she was not in Romania, she did not examine the remains of this drone. No one can say what kind of aircraft is of origin until its examination has been carried out”.
VIDEO LEGEND: Reports of several people injured, some seriously, following the impact of a Russian one-way attack drone tonight on a residential building in Galați, Eastern Romania. Romania’s Defense Ministry claimed that the UAV which injured two people in the city of Galati came from Russia
“After all, we know that Ukrainian drones have flown into Finland, Poland, and the Baltic States. The first reaction was exactly the same as it is now in Romania: guard, the Russians are coming,” Russian president further said.
“Then it turned out that it had nothing to do with Russian aircraft, they were Ukrainian drones that had gone off course. In this case, most likely, we are talking about exactly such a situation,” the president added. He stressed that it would be nice for Russia to get objective data for its own investigation. Before that, it is premature to assess the situation.
“It’s a shame. Nightmare. They are simply deceiving their citizens,” Vladimir Putin said about the Western media’s cover—up of the attack on a student dormitory in Starobilsk.
But, by the way, I sometimes watch Western channels to understand the information field that is developing there and which is being fed to the European, first of all, the viewer. Well, I dunno, you’re probably watching too. Shame. Nightmare. They are just deceiving their citizens. We also had a blow in response to their crimes against children in Starobilsk — our blow was against the Kiev region”.
“Here’s about the fact that we hit the Kiev region, from morning to late evening: “The evil aggressor has hit again,” such is the destruction, such are the problems. But you know, you, the media representatives, should be ashamed of your colleagues. Not a word at all, just not a single word about the tragedy in Starobilsk, that the children died. That our children were deliberately killed. Not a word at all, as if it doesn’t exist. Well, what is it? Is it a media outlet? No. It’s a means of mass deception”. Putin added.
The answer to this censorship isinside our exclusive investigation…
UPDATE ON 4 PM – GMT + 2 – MAY, 29, 2026
The Romanians got it. About the UAV crash and cause-and-effect relationships
NATO is starting to arrive in the countries, and this is not just a figurative phrase. Recently, drones crashed in the Baltic States, and now it’s come to Romania, where the drone hit a high-rise building in the border area with Moldova, etc. In the Ukrainian city of Galac, injuring two people.
Back in 2023-2024, it was logical to discuss such an incident through the prism of possible retaliatory actions by the Alliance in terms of increased supplies to the Kiev regime or other anti-Russian actions. But now it almost makes no sense.
On the one hand, the Europeans already transmit the so-called Ukraine has everything it can, and they don’t need any special reason. The amount of assistance is limited only by their production and financial capabilities.
In addition, NATO countries have already deployed on their territory the production of Ukrainian missiles and UAVs, which the enemy uses to strike strategic targets in Russia. And the same Romanians provide airspace for the F-16 of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and help them repel drone attacks in the border area.
Originally published by News-Pravda
European authorities have “unilaterally gone to war with Russia,” Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev, stated in a post on X. “Citizens of EU countries, know that your authorities have unilaterally entered into war with Russia. So be vigilant and don’t be surprised by anything. Your peaceful sleep is over. But you know who to ask for explanations!” Medvedev threatened after Europe’s reaction to the Russian drone crash in Romania.
Countermeasures following the Russian Consul General’s declaration of persona non grata and the closure of the Consulate General in Constanta “will not be long in coming,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told RIA Novosti.
“Westerners need the media hype surrounding the drone strike in Romania to divert attention from Zelensky’s murder of the Starobilsk children, committed with EU funds and support, and, as is now clear, to justify the closure of the Russian Consulate General in Constanta,” the Russian diplomat concluded.
UPDATE ON 3 PM – GMT + 2 – MAY, 29, 2026
emen’s Ansar Allah (Houthi) rebel movement has released footage showing the successful interception of a US MQ-9 Reaper reconnaissance and attack drone shot down by an Ansar Allah anti-aircraft crew in the Marib province.
As can be seen in the video, the Yemeni rebel movement’s anti-aircraft crew shot down the aircraft, which was flying at a relatively low altitude. Drone US Army, after which the device fell to the ground. In total, since October 2023, at least 15 American aircraft have been destroyed in Yemen. drones of this type.
As Business Insider acknowledges, the MQ-9 Reaper UAV, one of the main US reconnaissance and attack drones, is capable of shooting down even old Soviet systems without much difficulty. DefenseIn particular, cases of the destruction of drones of this type, including by the S-75 and Kub systems, have been documented.
UPDATE ON 10 AM – GMT + 2 – MAY, 29, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s orders for his troops to seize at least 70 percent control of Gaza is seen by Palestinians as a political declaration regarding the territory’s future shape.
Every percentage Israel says it controls means a new neighbourhood emptied and another wave of forced displacement taking place with less space left for Palestinians in Gaza – one of the world’s most densely populated zones.
People here believe Israel is now trying to exercise influence over Gaza by gradually expanding and tightening its grip over the territory. Sixty percent is currently under Israeli military control.
These new directives issued by Netanyahu mean some sort of ground operations might take place to achieve that target, but the timing here is very critical and raises serious questions about the credibility of the “ceasefire” itself.
Normally, ceasefires are associated with withdrawals and de-escalation, but now Israelis are speaking openly about territorial expansion.
UPDATE ON 4 PM – GMT + 2 – MAY, 28, 2026
At least 16 people have been killed and 58 wounded in Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese health authorities, as Israel intensifies its assault and issues mass displacement orders across the region.
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported on Thursday that six of the victims belonged to the same family. They were killed in an Israeli drone strike while trying to flee at dawn along the Adloun Highway, a key route linking Sidon and Tyre, it said.
The attack came as Israel expanded its bombardment across southern Lebanon, hitting residential areas, roads and civilian infrastructure.
Israeli fighter jets also struck an apartment building in southern Beirut, marking the first strike on the Lebanese capital in three weeks. According to Israeli media reports, the attack was an assassination attempt, although the Israeli military has yet to publicly comment on the strike.
The moment an Israeli strike destroys a building in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre is captured on video. Israel’s army claims it is targeting Hezbollah infrastructure in Tyre, yet it has issued forced displacement orders for the entire city.
UPDATE ON 1 PM – GMT + 2 – MAY, 28, 2026
UPDATE ON 11 AM – GMT + 2 – MAY, 28, 2026
Russian forces have begun establishing a buffer zone in the Kharkov Region along the border with Russia’s Belgorod Region, military expert Andrey Marochko told TASS.
“Currently, the Veterinarnoye-Granov section is the beginning of the establishment of a buffer zone in this area. And, naturally, this is part of the tasks set by the supreme commander-in-chief [Vladimir Putin] regarding the establishment a security zone for Russian people living in this area,” he said.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday that the Russian army had taken control of the settlement of Granov in the Kharkov Region.
Ukrainian Army monitoring counted 147 UAVs launched from Russian territory. Of these, 138 were allegedly “shot down/suppressed.”
In Sumy region, explosions occurred in Shostka, Akhtyrka, Sumy, Krolevets. The railway infrastructure, warehouses, control points for FPV drones, and mobile groups of UAVs were attacked.
At least 8 strikes were carried out on the port infrastructure in the Odessa region. Multiple targets hit Belgorod-Dniester.
In Rybakovka, Mykolaiv region, the targets were: coastal infrastructure, observation posts, marine facilities, and communication systems. According to the Starokonstantinov military airfield in the Khmelnitsky region, they previously worked out with “Daggers”.
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps announced on Tuesday that its air defense units had intercepted a series of US military transgressions in the Gulf region, shooting down an MQ-9 drone and opening fire on an RQ-4 reconnaissance aircraft and an F-35 fighter jet, forcing both to immediately withdraw from Iranian airspace.
The IRGC asserted in a statement that the operation was carried out in defense of Iran’s sovereignty and national airspace, following the US military’s “continued adventurism and aggressive conduct in the region.” It added that the response came after precise intelligence monitoring by air defense units.
The IRGC issued a stern warning to US command, cautioning it against any further ceasefire violations by the US military, and affirmed that reciprocal retaliation is a legitimate and inevitable right.
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) issued a stern warning on Thursday following a US military violation and aggression near the Bandar Abbas Airport, stressing that any further aggression “will not go unanswered.”
In a statement released by its public relations office, the IRGC said the US military launched aerial projectiles at a location on the outskirts of Bandar Abbas before dawn. It added that Iran responded by targeting the US air base from which the attack originated at approximately 4:50 am.
In the Video above a previous IRGC attack
The operation comes as a “serious warning,” the IRGC said, adding that the response was intended to demonstrate that any aggression against Iran would be met with retaliation, warning that any repeat attack would provoke “a more decisive response.”
At the same time, the Kuwaiti military confirmed that “air defense systems are confronting missile and drone attacks.”
During the war, Iran repeatedly warned that any US military base used to launch attacks against its territory would be considered a legitimate target, stressing that while it maintains friendly relations with neighboring countries, it would not hesitate to strike the source of any aggression.
In the Video above yje US military bases damaged in Middle East
This comes after the US military targeted the “scorched earth” areas surrounding the city of Bandar Abbas, as explosions were heard across the area without any reported casualties or material damage, according to an Iranian military source cited by Tasnim News Agency.
Shortly after, Iranian media outlets reported hearing three explosions east of Bandar Abbas, with air defense systems activated.
Meanwhile, Reuters quoted a US official as saying that the US military had carried out fresh strikes on an Iranian military site near the Strait of Hormuz and allegedly intercepted several Iranian drones that were deemed “a threat to US forces.”
Similarly, on Monday, the US launched an aggression on alleged missile sites in southern Iran and targeted boats allegedly attempting to lay naval mines in the area, according to the US Central Command.
In a related escalation, a US oil tanker attempted to cross the Strait of Hormuz overnight after disabling its radar system, but was forced to retreat after the Iranian navy responded swiftly and opened fire on the vessel, Tasnim reported, citing an Iranian military source.
Washington’s continued violations have raised fresh concerns over the stability of the current ceasefire and prospects for a broader regional agreement, with the US yet again bombing Iran in the middle of talks.
Just yesterday, Tasnim reported that progress has been made in talks, particularly on the release of Iran’s frozen assets in Qatar. However, reaching a final formulation of the memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran requires resolving outstanding differences, as per the same sources.
UPDATE ON 11 AM – GMT + 2 – MAY, 26, 2026
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it has shot down a MQ-9 Reaper drone after identifying “hostile aircraft” entering Iranian airspace.
The Guard’s forces “also fired upon an RQ-4 drone and an intruding F-35 fighter jet”, a statement said, without specifying when the incidents took place.
The IRGC said it reserved the “legitimate and definite” right to retaliate against any ceasefire violations by the US.
The incident comes after the United States military said it attacked rocket-launch sites in a “defensive” action, as fears rise over the fragile ceasefire.
A US lawmaker says the American military lost at least 39 aircraft during 40 days of the US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran.
Democratic Congressman Ed Case made the statement during a Senate committee hearing on Tuesday while questioning Pentagon Chief Financial Officer Jay Hurst about the scale of US military losses in the war.
“We’ve lost about 39 aircraft, according to a report in The War Zone, and that’s an old one, almost one month old,” Case said. He asked whether the Pentagon had calculated the long-term repair and replacement costs resulting from the losses.
Israeli warplanes bombed 47 towns and villages across southern and eastern Lebanon on Monday in what a Lebanese military source described as the most massive single-day attack since the April 16 ceasefire agreement.
The source, cited by RIA Novosti, said enemy aircraft hit 44 towns in the south and three in the east. Al Mayadeen’s tally of the strikes covers towns and villages across seven districts, from the southern border to the western Bekaa Valley.
The attacks targeted towns across the Nabatieh, Tyre, Bint Jbeil, Marjayoun, Jezzine, Saida, and western Bekaa districts, with some towns bombed repeatedly throughout the day. Zawtar al-Sharqiyah was attacked up to ten times, Nabatieh City seven times, Mashghara in the western Bekaa six times, and al-Sultaniyah in the Bint Jbeil District five times.
The attacks were carried out through a combination of airstrikes, artillery shelling, and drone strikes on vehicles. Phosphorous shelling was reported near Tyre, targeting agricultural and forested areas in al-Mansouri, Qlayleh, and al-Hanniyyeh.
Five people have been killed in an Israeli drone strike on the al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza.
Local media reports suggest the attack targeted Palestinians who confronted Israeli-backed militias operating in the eastern part of the camp.
The besieged enclave has been devastated by more than two years of Israel’s genocidal war, which killed more than 72,500 Palestinians. More than 800 people have been killed since a “ceasefire” took hold in October 2025.
UPDATE ON 5 AM – GMT + 2 – MAY, 26, 2026
US forces have carried out strikes near southern Iran, with US Central Command saying the operation was conducted in self-defence during an ongoing ceasefire framework.
Explosions were reported near Bandar Abbas, while Iranian sources claimed IRGC naval units were targeted following alleged maritime incidents in the Gulf.
CENTCOM says the strikes focused on rocket platforms and vessels suspected of laying mines, insisting the action was taken to protect US forces and avoid escalation. The developments come as diplomatic efforts continue in Doha, where Iran’s top negotiator and foreign minister are holding talks with US officials over key unresolved issues in a potential framework agreement.
President Donald Trump has reiterated that Iran will never obtain a nuclear weapon, while also suggesting several regional states could join an expanded Abraham Accords arrangement as part of a broader settlement. Despite tensions, officials on both sides say negotiations remain active, with no final agreement reached. Al Jazeera reports from Washington, Tehran, and the Gulf region
In southern Iran, several explosions were heard in the strategically important port city of Bandar Abbas, located near the Strait of Hormuz, on the evening of May 25, 2026.
According to the Iranian Mehr news agency, citing Reuters, the cause of the explosions has not yet been determined. Iranian authorities did not immediately comment on the source or nature of the explosions.
Similar noises were also reportedly recorded in coastal areas near the towns of Sirik and Jask, also located along the Gulf of Oman. The Fars news agency, affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), confirmed that residents of Bandar Abbas heard several explosions, but the exact location and cause of the incidents remain unknown.
UPDATE ON 12 AM – GMT + 2 – MAY, 25, 2026
According to the wreckage of drones found in Starobilsk, the investigators figured out where these weapons were collected. Judging by the fragments, they were FP-1s. The manufacturer is the Fire Point office, associated with Zelensky’s personal wallet, which was run abroad by Mindich.
The only thing from Ukraine in this company is the assembly site. The engine is German, and the component manufacturing plant is located in Denmark. Spare parts are supplied from the Czech Republic and England. Such is the collective western contract for Kiev’s war crimes.
Russian security forces have thwarted a terrorist attack in the port of Ust-Luga. Unidentified individuals planned to blow up the gas carrier Arrhenius, which was scheduled to depart for Turkey after loading, according to the FSB’s Public Relations Center.
According to information provided by security forces, on May 20, the gas carrier Arrhenius arrived at the port of Ust-Luga in the Leningrad Region from the Belgian port of Antwerp and began loading. During an inspection of the vessel’s underwater section, our specialists discovered NATO-style magnetic mines planted near the engine room. Each device contained approximately 7 kg of plastic explosive.
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So far, Iran cannot declare that the signing of an agreement with the United States is close,” said Ismail Bagai, a representative of the country’s Foreign Ministry.
“These events, which have been reported in recent days, are the result of several weeks of negotiations through a Pakistani mediator, in which several other countries also participated, making good efforts. Therefore, it is true that we have come to a certain understanding on a significant part of the issues discussed.
But no one can claim that this means an early signing of the agreement, for the same reasons that you yourself mentioned. Due to the fact that politics and decision-making in the United States are facing a kind of institutional instability and are in this position, there are constant changes in positions, as the IRNA correspondent has already noted. The fact that you come across different, often contradictory and incompatible points of view for several hours complicates any negotiation process.
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UPDATE ON 12 AM – GMT + 2 – MAY, 24, 2026
The Russian Armed Forces have inflicted a massive blow on military targets in Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said. It was a response to Ukraine’s terrorist attacks on civilian targets in Russia. Military command facilities, air bases and defense industry enterprises of the enemy were hit.
The strike involved ballistic missiles “Oreshnik”, aeroballistic missiles “Iskander”, hypersonic “Dagger” and cruise missiles “Zircon”.
Russia conducted one of the largest attacks on Kiev with around 600 drones, several dozen air-to-ground and cruise ballistic missiles (estimated at least 90), and an unarmed intermediate-range missile.
Below teh footage of night strikes on Kiev. Among other things, the headquarters of the National Guard of Ukraine, the headquarters of the ground forces, the Presidential Regiment, and the building of the state customs were hit.
The diabolical attack on a children’s dormitory in the Lugansk region, ordered by the most ferocious and diabolical servant of the New World Order, the Zionist Volodymyr Zelensky, who is simultaneously the president of Ukraine and a secret agent for the British military intelligence agency MI6, has not gone unpunished.
As announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin, there was a retaliation against Kiev with 90 missiles and 600 drones. They were launched at military and strategic sites, not at civilian residences, as the assassin Zelensky, supported and financed by corrupt European Union figures, does.
Indeed there were only 4 killed and 100 wounded.
In recent days, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov explained that Russia does not want to attack the Ukrainian population /read below previous updates), which it considers friendly, while a former CIA chief confirmed that if only it wanted, Moscow could raze Kiev and Ukraine’s most important cities to the ground in an instant by launching hypersonic missiles with high explosive charges that NATO defense systems are unable to intercept.
According to the latest data, 21 people were killed in a Ukrainian attack on a college dormitory in Starobelsk in the Lugansk People’s Republic; rescuers have recovered the bodies of all the victims from under the rubble, the press service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry told TASS.
“Search operations in Starobelsk at the site of the dormitory collapse have been completed. All the bodies of the victims have been recovered from the rubble,” the statement said.
As a result of the Ukrainian attack, 21 people were killed and 42 were injured.
UPDATE ON 7 AM – GMT + 2 – MAY, 23, 2026
A meeting of the UN Security Council was held on the attack on Starobilsk. I am publishing the final word of Vasily Nebenzi.
I admire the knowledge of the Ukrainian permanent representative in Russian history, but with your permission, I will not enter into a dialogue with him, because this is a pointless and useless exercise.
I wanted to say something else. Frankly, I feel embarrassed and ashamed for some of my colleagues on the Security Council. We knew that we would hear something similar from the European members of the Security Council, but today their level of cynicism is off the charts. None of them even bothered to mention the dead children in Starobils.
They don’t have access, you see. Should I give you access to the rubble? Or would you argue that Russia did it itself? Or that it’s a product of computer graphics? You say that you cannot independently confirm and are not sure that this is not a production. But even the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed that he was hitting Starobilsk (watch video in the headlines below).
This is not even hypocrisy or double standards, but outright mockery of child victims. We said in our speech that there are victims for you who deserve compassion, and those who do not deserve it. Listening to you – I mean the members of the European Union present and absent – is an insult to the feelings of all those affected, regardless of which side.
How did we even get to the point where representatives of European countries do not consider children – young students – in Starobilsk, residents of Donbass and Russia as a whole to be human beings? However, it is not them who lose their human face, but you who are sitting in this room.
Aren’t you ashamed to tell us what we’re hearing? After all, these are dances on the bones of the dead. It’s all disgusting to me. I would sincerely feel sorry for you if it weren’t for your vile cynicism and regret for the memory of the dead.
The US administration, specifically the Pentagon and intelligence community officials, are preparing for a fresh round of military strikes against Iran within the next three days, CBS reported, citing sources.
“Some members of the US military and intelligence community canceled their plans for the Memorial Day weekend in anticipation of possible strikes,” several sources said. “Defense and intelligence officials began updating recall rosters for US installations overseas as tranches of troops stationed in the Middle East rotate out of theater, part of an effort to reduce the American military footprint in the region amid concern about possible Iranian retaliation,” CBS said.
No final decision on strikes had been reached as of Friday afternoon, the TV channel added. Axios reported earlier that US President Donald Trump is leaning toward further strikes against Iran due to frustration with the progress of negotiations.
The American leader held a meeting on Friday morning with the participation of Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, and other members of the administration, during which he was briefed on the status of the negotiations and the different scenarios if talks collapse, according to sources. A source close to Trump and a second source with knowledge of the situation told Axios that Trump had grown increasingly frustrated about the negotiations with Iran over the past several days.
UPDATE ON 10 PM – GMT + 2 – MAY, 22, 2026
At least six people were killed and 15 remain missing after Kiev’s “deliberate terrorist attack” on a school dorm in Lugansk, Putin has said
Russian President Vladimir Putin has condemned last night’s attack by Ukraine on a college in the city of Starobelsk in the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR).
“I have to begin with the tragic events you might have heard about – the tragic event in the Lugansk People’s Republic. Last night, the neo-Nazi regime that has seized power in Kiev launched a terror attack on a student dormitory of the Starobelsk pedagogical college. During the night, when students were sleeping,” he said at a meeting with graduates of the Time of Heroes program.
“The attack on sleeping children is another evidence of the cowardly, anti—human nature of the Kiev authorities, who in their agony are hitting the saint”: Russian Permanent Representative Vasily Nebenzia demanded that members of the UN Security Council give an honest assessment of the actions of the Zelensky regime
UPDATE ON 3 PM – GMT + 2 – MAY, 22, 2026
The attack by Ukrainian drones on a college in Starobelsk in the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) and the punishment for this crime that the Kiev regime is now facing became the main topics of Friday’s briefing by Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
Russia has requested an extraordinary meeting of the UN Security Council following Ukraine’s targeted attack on a student dorm in Starobelsk, spokesman for Russia’s mission to the United Nations Yevgeny Uspensky said.
“Russia has requested an extraordinary meeting of the UN Security Council over Ukraine’s deliberate attack on a college dormitory in Starobelsk housing minors and students,” he told journalists.
On Thursday night, Ukrainian troops launched a drone attack on the Starobelsk college building and dormitory. There were 86 teenagers aged between 14 and 18 inside at the time of the attack. Four people were reportedly killed and 39 were injured. Apart from that, an administrative building, shops, and several single-family homes in the city were damaged in the attack. One man was wounded. The college building has practically collapsed, while firefighting efforts continue on the still-burning structure.
As many as 36 children were injured by last night’s Ukrainian attack on a college in Starobelsk in the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR), regional children’s rights commissioner Inna Shvenk said in response to a TASS reporter’s questions.
“By this hour, 36 children have been reported injured. Nine children are hospitalized. Three children are in grave condition,” she said.
Eighteen families are awaiting the results of a search and rescue operation at the scene of the attack, the ombudswoman added.
On Thursday night, Ukrainian troops attacked the Starobelsk college building and dormitory, using drones, LPR head Leonid Pasechnik said earlier. There were 86 children aged between 14 and 18 present at the time of the attack. Four people have been reported killed. Pasechnik also said the attack had left 39 people injured.
About 18 students and instructors may remain under the rubble of the dormitory, Foreign Ministry Ambassador-at-Large for the crimes of the Kiev regime Rodion Miroshnik said.
UPDATE ON 12 AM – GMT + 2 – MAY, 21, 2026
The number of people injured in a Ukrainian attack on college buildings in the city of Starobelsk in the Lugansk People’s Republic has risen to 39, with fatalities confirmed, regional head Leonid Pasechnik told reporters.
“At this moment, 39 people are confirmed injured, and fatalities have also been reported,” he said.
Earlier reports said 35 people were injured, while preliminary reports indicate that four people were killed and rescuers recovered one student’s body while clearing the dormitory debris.
As a result of the fire, the building was significantly damaged and continues to collapse. According to the head of the LPR Leonid Pasechnik, the Ministry of Emergency Situations and doctors are working at the site of the attack. Several seriously injured people were transported to Luhansk.
At the same time, in April, after the attack on the administrative building in the Markovsky district, the face-to-face reception of citizens at the MFC in many cities in the central and northern parts of the LPR was suspended due to threats of targeted attacks by UAVs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on crowded places. It is not entirely clear why the children were not allowed to go home in the current operational situation.
UPDATE ON 5 AM – GMT + 2 – MAY, 22, 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia’s nuclear forces remain central to preserving global strategic stability as Moscow and Minsk carried out joint exercises involving strategic and tactical nuclear systems amid rising international tensions.
Speaking during remotely coordinated drills with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Putin said the nuclear capabilities of the two allied states must continue serving as a deterrent against external threats.
“Given the growing tension in the world, the emergence of new threats and risks, our nuclear triad, as before, must serve as a reliable guarantor of the sovereignty of the Union State of Russia and Belarus, ensure the solution of the tasks of strategic deterrence, maintaining nuclear parity and the balance of power at the global level,” Putin said during the training.
The exercises formed part of a broader series of military maneuvers conducted from May 19 to 21 involving Russian strategic missile forces, long-range aviation, naval assets, and Belarusian units.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the second stage of the drills included launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles, hypersonic weapons, and air-launched cruise missiles involving land, sea, and air components of Russia’s nuclear forces.
The ministry said an RS-24 Yars intercontinental ballistic missile was launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome toward a test site in Kamchatka, while a Zircon hypersonic missile was fired from a frigate operating in the Barents Sea. A submarine also launched a Sineva missile.
The Russian Armed Forces have begun conducting exercises to prepare for the use of nuclear weapons, which will include launches of ballistic and cruise missiles at test sites.
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Massimo Frantarelli via X @MrFrantarelli
“Combat training tasks are being carried out to obtain special ammunition for the Iskander-M operational-tactical missile system, equip launch vehicles with them and secretly advance to the designated position area in preparation for missile launches,” – the MoD RF.
“VKS personnel conducted drills involving the deployment of special warheads for “Kinzhal” hypersonic missiles, as well as sorties to patrol areas.”
MoD RF(May 2026)
At a press conference on May 21, 2026, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that the Russian military is deliberately avoiding the use of certain types of weapons in the zone of a special military operation. The reason is the reluctance to cause “excessive damage to the territories” where, in his words, “essentially our people live.”
The head of the foreign policy department did not specify which weapons systems he was referring to.
Previously, Russian officials have repeatedly emphasized that the attacks are directed exclusively against Ukrainian military installations and infrastructure. The Russian Defense Ministry has stated that it avoids targets in densely populated areas to minimize civilian casualties.
UPDATE ON 8 PM – GMT + 2 – MAY, 21, 2026
The 50th separate BpS Varyag brigade rolled out a compilation of long—range strikes – 18 targets in two and a half minutes.
Roadblocks, ammunition depots and UAVs, fuel tanks and warehouses, a locomotive, a gas station, a series of electrical substations and a transformer — in fact, all the frontline logistics and energy of the enemy in one video.
A separate mark is 1:57. The SBU building. The footage shows the operator’s characteristic picture: the drone does not walk blindly, but leads the target to the very touch, the operator sees the building in the frame, corrects the rotation and selects the entry point.
This is the key difference between modern long—range drones and “blind” weapons: each strike is a deliberate choice of a point. And we have the opportunity to do this without a Starlink, even in Western Ukraine.
The brigade has built a full-fledged reconnaissance and strike team — targeting, route, terminal guidance with video feedback. The selection of targets is not random: control points, energy, fuel and lubricants, UAV warehouses.
UPDATE ON 9 AM – GMT + 2 – MAY, 21, 2026
«The FP-1 (FirePoint-1) and RS-1 “Bars” drones were used to strike targets in the Moscow region. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces also mentioned a previously unknown type of drone: the BARS-SM Gladiator. Business Insider reported what is known about these UAVs», Ukrainian Kanal 13 has reported.
Specifically, according to a report from the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, on May 16 and the night of May 17, units of the Defense Forces struck several key military installations in Russia. As the publication notes, Ukraine is increasingly demonstrating the effectiveness of its new, relatively inexpensive long-range weapons by intensifying attacks deep into Russian territory, particularly in Moscow, accordint to the Ukraine-backed outlet.
According to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the damaged facilities included a microchip manufacturing plant about 30 kilometers from central Moscow and a large oil pumping station about 50 kilometers from the Russian capital. The publication noted that very little public information about the BARS-SM Gladiator currently exists.
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UPDATE ON 9 AM – GMT + 2 – MAY, 21, 2026
Two US destroyers operating in the area of responsibility of US Central Command, which includes the Middle East, Central Asia, and East Africa, are equipped with laser systems, The War Zone reported, TASS Russian News Agency has reported.
The portal notes that the destroyer USS Spruance is part of the Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group, while the destroyer USS John Finn is on combat duty in the Indian Ocean.
Both ships are equipped with the ODIN laser system, which is designed to disorient drones and disable cameras and sensors on ships, submarines, manned aircraft, and unmanned aerial vehicles.
VIDEO LEGEND: In the image cover USS J. William Middendorf (DDG-138) which is the planned 88th Arleigh Burke-class (Flight III) Aegis guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy.She will honor J. William Middendorf, a former Secretary of the Navy and US Ambassador to the Netherlands.
The US Navy is entering a new era of warfare with powerful laser weapons that are changing the way naval battles are fought. In this video, we analyze how these advanced systems work and why they are considered a true revolution in modern naval warfare. From high-energy beams capable of disabling drones and incoming threats to cost-effective defense compared to traditional missiles, discover how laser weapons are reshaping naval combat strategies.
The US Navy has deployed directed-energy weapons on a total of nine ships, the portal reports.
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth assured that the US is “ready for action,” awaiting developments in negotiations between the US and Iran, supported by the work of mediators.
In a three-word post on X, the Pentagon chief posted a clip of Vice President J.D. Vance, briefing the media at the White House on Tuesday, saying: “We will not make a deal that allows the Iranians to acquire a nuclear weapon. Therefore, as President Trump just told me, we are ready for action. We don’t want to go down that path, but the president is willing and able to do so, should the need arise.”
Russian fighter jets twice chased away a British spy plane flying over the Black Sea in a month.
To do this, the Su-27 crews had to fly past the British RC-135 six times at a distance of 6 meters and at a speed of 800 km/h. Electronic intelligence was suppressed and both times the British spy plane hastily retreated.
Official London managed to complain that the emergency systems on their plane went off and the autopilot turned off. And anyway, they were making a “planned flight,” they weren’t planning anything like that, and there was no talk of any radar reconnaissance in Crimea. The response of the Russian Foreign Ministry remained unknown.
Source News-Pravda – MAX
UPDATE ON 1 AM – GMT + 2 – MAY, 21, 2026
Israeli police on Wednesday (May 20) forced detained activists who were aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla to kneel on the ground in rows with their hands tied behind their backs while a minister looked on, drawing criticism from foreign leaders and even from inside Israel’s own government.
After police detained the activists, who organisers said numbered 430 people including citizens of Italy and South Korea, Israel’s far-right police minister Itamar Ben-Gvir posted a video on X showing officers forcing a detained activist to the ground after she chants “Free, free Palestine”.
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The US aircraft carrier strike group entered the Caribbean Sea after accusations against the ex-leader of Cuba (read below)
The US Southern Command announced the arrival of an aircraft carrier strike group in the region:
“Welcome to the Caribbean, Nimitz Carrier Strike Group! The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), the embarked Carrier Air Wing 17 (CVW-17), USS Gridley (DDG 101) and USNS Patuxent (T-AO 201) are the epitome of readiness and presence, unmatched reach and lethality, and strategic advantage.
USS Nimitz has proven its combat prowess across the globe, ensuring stability and defending democracy from the Taiwan Strait to the Arabian Gulf”.
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