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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned shipowners on Wednesday that any new transit route through the Strait of Hormuz established without coordination with Tehran is “unacceptable and dangerous,” and said it would take action against vessels that ignore its instructions.
Test pilots conducted the first flight of the Yak-130M combat trainer aircraft, reaching speeds of up to 600 km/h, according to Rostec.
Massive drone attack reported on Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions, with drones tracked toward Sumy, Mezhova, Komyshuvakha, and Zaporizhzhia.
Ukrainian drones targeted energy infrastructure in occupied Crimea overnight, with reported strikes on the Tavricheskaya and Balaklavskaya power plants and the Yalta substation causing widespread power outages across the peninsula.
According to the FSB, a resident of Mariupol was detained after allegedly planning a terrorist attack on a courthouse building in the Donetsk People's Republic. The FSB said he had been recruited by Ukrainian special services and retrieved an improvised explosive device from a hideout per his handler's instructions.
Two people, including a child, were killed in night attacks on Crimea, with two others injured, according to Russian-appointed Crimea head Sergey Aksyonov, who said attacks have intensified and Ukraine says they target military sites on the annexed peninsula.
The Prisoners’ Media Office said Israeli occupation forces detained 16 Palestinians, including three children, after storming their homes at dawn today.
Hezbollah said Israel continues to violate the ceasefire agreement by carrying out fresh attacks on civilians in southern Lebanon.
Ukrainian drones struck the Poltavskaya oil depot in Russia's Krasnodar region for the second time this month, setting at least three fuel tanks ablaze. Russia's Defense Ministry claimed that 269 drones were shot down overnight.
Ukraine's SBU and the FBI exposed Russian intelligence services conducting systematic cyberattacks on messaging apps used by officials, service members, politicians and activists in Ukraine, Europe and the US. The attacks aimed to access sensitive military, political and economic information.
Early reports indicate that Ukrainian drones struck an oil refinery in Ufa, Russia.
Israeli forces have continued attacks in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, killing at least two Palestinians despite an ongoing "ceasefire" in the besieged enclave.
UK industry team aims to miniaturize the DragonFire laser weapon system for deployment on Type 45 destroyers, Breaking Defense reports.
The Ukrainian General Staff reported Russian losses of 1,270 personnel, one tank, two armoured combat vehicles, 67 artillery pieces, four multiple launch rocket systems, three air defence systems, 1,994 unmanned aerial vehicles and two GRCs on June 25, 2026.
Ukraine reported that Russia fired an Iskander-M ballistic missile and 90 drones, including Shahed UAVs and decoys, overnight. Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 83 of the drones, while the missile and six UAVs struck targets in seven locations, and the attack continues.
Employees of TPP, one of the largest fuel companies in occupied Crimea, appealed to Putin for government assistance after Ukrainian strikes destroyed a fuel terminal in Kerch, damaged several gas stations, burned fuel trucks and hit an oil depot. The company warned that 2,500 [source text truncated].
Canadian defence minister says he discussed GCAP fighter with Japanese counterpart.
Russia has redeployed air defenses to Moscow and the Kerch Bridge as Ukrainian strikes intensify, military intelligence says.
Palestinian Abdulrahman Maher Ziyada has died from injuries sustained days earlier in an Israeli airstrike on Ibn Sina School, west of Gaza City.
Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, according to Al Jazeera.
Two people were killed and two others wounded in Crimea as a result of Ukrainian strikes overnight, said the head of the republic Sergey Aksenov. 'In the village of Denisovka, Simferopol district, and in Krasnogvardeysky district, as a result of nighttime enemy attacks, two people were killed, including a child, and two more were injured,' Aksenov wrote on his Max channel.
Rostec's press service reported the first flight of the experimental Yak-130M aircraft at the Irkutsk Aviation Plant, a branch of PJSC Yakovlev, with the 50-minute test flight completed without issues. The aircraft, based on the Yak-130, features advanced onboard systems, a modern radar, and a weapons suite including air-to-air and air-to-ground munitions.
Ukraine drones struck energy infrastructure in Crimea, causing a widespread power outage in Simferopol and blackouts in parts of Yalta. Explosions were also heard near the Balaklava Power Plant in Sevastopol.
Russian passenger trains in Crimea only run as far as Kerch, near the bridge, due to Ukrainian strikes further inland. Train service to mainland Russia is being cut to 7 per day, and a ban on fuel sales to civilians remains in place.
Ukraine's military says it has struck a gas processing plant and a helium plant in Russia's Orenburg region.
Russian air defense forces shot down 14 guided aviation bombs and 584 UAVs over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry reports.
Russian Defense Ministry says Russian forces completed the elimination of surrounded Ukrainian soldiers from the 120th Territorial Defense Brigade in the northwestern part of Krasny Liman.
Russian forces cleared 114 buildings in Kostyantynivka over 24 hours, with Ukrainian forces losing up to 30 servicemembers, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
Russian military forces have taken control of Ivolyzhanske in the Sumy region, the Defense Ministry reported.
The IDF attacked and destroyed four launch positions in several areas of the Gaza Strip overnight (Tuesday). The destroyed launch positions were set up by terrorist organizations during the ceasefire.