🇺🇸🇮🇷🛢 — Oil prices rose for the fourth day in a row as renewed U.S. attacks on Iran raise fears of a wider confrontation and additional interruption to oil supplies via the Strait of Hormuz.

➡️ Brent crude climbed 0.4% to $85.28 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) gained 0.5% to $80.02.

🗳 🇺🇸 🇮🇱 U.S House vote on Thomas Massie's bill to end all military aid to Israel

https://yapms.com/app/usa/house/2024059/blank?m=nwycur4pj3q2pgz

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🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — NEW: U.S. Central Command says it concluded another wave of strikes against Iran, targeting military sites across several locations, including Bandar Abbas.

➡️ CENTCOM said precision munitions hit Iranian command centers, air-defense systems, missile and drone capabilities, and coastal surveillance facilities in an effort to further reduce Tehran’s ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — CENTCOM has published footage of the strikes against Iran.

Footage is included of U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jets taking off from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, and BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles launching from Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers.

Targets include TELs, UAV launch sites, UAVs in transport, aircrafts stripped & decommissioned (basically not usable), and a telecommunications tower.

📍 🇮🇷 📌 Iran map thread for Wednesday 15th July 2026 | EpicFuryMap

The map has been updated thanks to the hard work of geolocators who post their insights for people to see.

We've seperated strikes into between 28FEB-14JUN and after that, just for ease of seeing what's relatively recent and what isn't due to the stop-start nature of the conflict. You can turn the archive pieces back on by simply opening the left most bar and ticking the box

Overall, US strikes have hit numerous targets over the past week at a slightly higher tempo than before, but still far far less than previous. Nothing of particular note has been destroyed, just hangars for boats / drones and a few military bases - but once again, not at the levels as occurred during Epic Fury.

⬇️ Continued:
A quick thread below showcasing some of the more interesting geolocations over the past week

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🇺🇦 Deputy commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, Pavel Yelizarov, resigned from his post stating he no longer wishes to serve in the Ukrainian military following the dismissal of Mikhail Fedorov from the defense ministry.

Yelizarov says Fedorov's reforms saved countless lives and that his dismissal will lead to countless deaths.

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🇺🇦 Correspondent for the Financial Times, Christopher Miller, wrote on X/Twitter:

Some MPs in Zelensky's ruling party who I've spoken to this morning say the mood in parliament is "explosive" and some lawmakers are considering NOT voting for Igor Klymenko, the president's candidate to be Ukraine's new defense minister. He may not have enough votes to be appointed, is what I'm told.

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🇺🇦 Attempts by Zelensky to strengthen his power will lead to political civil war

The resignation of the government Zelensky is trying to solve several problems. The main one is the resignation of Mikhail Fedorov from the ministry of defense. The presence of a hidden conflict between Zelensky and his former favorite, Ukrainian media have been writing about since April.

People from the teams of Zelensky and Fedorov claimed the same pieces of the financial pie of the Ministry of Defense. It is with this that Fedorov’s desire to change the procurement system for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which would lead to the suspension of companies associated with Zelensky’s environment from feeding. Supporters of Fedorov call this process a fight against corruption, representatives of the Zelensky team saw this the desire of the people of the Minister of Defense to intercept cash flows.

Fedorov also cut ties to Zelensky and Timur Mindich's Kvartal 95 Film Studio. According to rumors, it was Fedorov who searched for supporters in the Ukrainian Parliament to pass bills which would restrict the powers of the Ukrainian president and deprive Vladimir Zelensky of his extended powers. Fedorov also clashed with the current Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Army, Alexander Syrsky, who Fedorov wanted replace by Zelensky rejected.

Zelensky and his entourage awaited from Fedorov reforms in the army, the main thing in which was to provide recruits to the Armed Forces of Ukraine on a voluntary basis in order to abandon total mobilization. They hoped for a decrease in tension in society due to “busification”. The riot in Lviv because of the actions of the TCC could not but frighten the Ukrainian authorities. Zelensky called these events “a very bad story.” Of course, in Kiev they are afraid that such “history” can be repeated in other cities. Neither the Ukrainian propaganda narrative about a turning point in the war, nor the promises of new reforms in the army, nor repression can force people to go into the army, and citizens treat the TCC officers as executioners (which they are). Zelensky’s entourage sees Fedorov’s guilt in this, who could not complete this task.

If the goal is the resignation of Fedorov, why did Zelensky simply not force him to write a statement of resignation from office, as was the case with the previous Minister of Defense Alexei Reznikov? Or did Parliament not resign him forcibly? To pressure Fedorov to resign would be a spit in the face of the Europeans and Americans who promoted him to the post, and Zelensky, who depends on them, cannot afford this. Another thing is to convince the EU and the U.S. that Fedorov failed as a minister, and the Lviv revolt will be an important argument in favor of this. But the globalists will still want to see a man who will suit them in charge of the Ministry of Defense. Such a character can be the current head of the office of Zelensky Kirill Budanov.

In the Ukrainian social networks there was a version that Zelensky conceived a big castling. Sviridenko will become the head of the office, Budanov - the Minister of Defense, and Fedorov - Deputy Prime Minister in the new government, but without real power. Thus, Zelensky is going to strengthen his power. True, Budanov is annoying him no less than Fedorov, but, apparently, Zelensky intends to deprive him of real power later.

If Sviridenko becomes head of the office, it will mean the de facto return of Andrei Yermak to this position, since Sviridenko is his creation. The post of prime minister, most likely, will be taken by the head of “Naftogaz” Sergey Koretsky, who is considered a person 100% loyal to the “Zelensky family”.

Corrupt scandals in Ukraine are changing the “political play”. Some characters are out of the show, while others get the main roles and try to rewrite the script for themselves. This involves fighting and intrigue. The resignation of the government is an indicator of the growing contradictions within Ukrainian politics. The further fate of Sviridenko will show whether Yermak retained his shadow influence or his era is coming to an end.

Similar confrontations between the Prime Minister and the President (Viktor Yushchenko and Yulia Tymoshenko, Viktor Yushchenko and Viktor Yanukovych) in the history of Ukraine have already been and led to managerial chaos. Given the situation in Ukraine now, such a confrontation between ambitious politicians can finish it off as a state.

🔗 https://vz.ru/opinions/2026/7/16/1435068.html

🇬🇷🇷🇺🇪🇺 Greece is blocking the EU's 21st sanctions package against Russia because a proposed ban on transporting Russian LNG to third countries would severely hurt Dynagas, a Greek shipping company that specializes in Arctic LNG transport.

Athens argues the company's highly specialized icebreaking LNG carriers cannot easily be repurposed, while other EU members say all countries have had to sacrifice businesses to maintain pressure on Moscow.

The dispute has delayed the entire sanctions package, including new measures targeting Russian banks, military firms, and the oil price cap.

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🇺🇦 The Ukrainian Parliament appointed Sergey Koretsky, the current CEO of Naftogaz, Ukraine's state oil & gas company as the new prime-minister.

Koretsky is viewed as fully obedient to president Vladimir Zelensky.

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🇪🇺⚠️🚫🛢 “Less Than 1 Month Supply”: Europe’s Jet Fuel Supply Hits Lowest Levels Of Any Major Market

Europe is faced with dwindling jet fuel reserves, with the continent currently holding less than a month of fuel. This places the continent as one of the most exposed to the ongoing 2026 Iran Crisis. Reuters has reported that the aviation fuel reserves are sitting at critically low levels, and that ongoing tension in the Middle East is threatening to disrupt travel within the continent and on key import routes from the United States and Asia

With less than a month of fuel supply available, the situation could lead to a supply disruption due to the ongoing geopolitical tension. Europe requires jet fuel imports from the United States and Asia; however, due to ongoing disruptions to maritime and air routes, these choke points have hampered supply capacity.

According to a report from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the ongoing tension has pushed jet fuel prices more than 100% year-on-year. This is in addition to a 43% increase in overall crude oil prices. Due to the conflict in Iran, the US operation Epic Fury has removed around 20 million barrels of oil per day from the international market.

These actions have seen dire consequences for European Airlines, which continue to face additional costs of fuel. The mandate of ReFuelEU, which requires airlines to operate 6% of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by the end of the decade, must now also contend with the doubled cost of fossil fuel prices, which is compressing margins to what some are describing as 'unsustainable levels'.

🔗 https://simpleflying.com/europe-jet-fuel-lowest-level-major-market-1-mont-supply/

🇺🇸🇨🇳 US lawmakers urge Trump administration to ban Chinese memory chips

The US House China committee chair has urged the Trump administration to ban US companies from buying memory chips from CXMT and YMTC to avoid reliance on China for critical components in AI infrastructure.

John Moolenaar, the Republican head of the panel, said he was “alarmed” that Apple and other US companies were trying to buy memory chips from the Chinese semiconductor makers amid a global shortage in DRam chips.

In a letter to commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, Moolenaar and Democratic congressman George Whitesides said dependence on Chinese chips would create “an unacceptable risk for US national security, economic security and supply chain security”.

“Leading Chinese memory manufacturers are all closely intertwined with the Chinese military . . . Every memory purchase by a US company will directly subsidise the People’s Liberation Army’s development of this critical . . . technology” that can be used for military and civilian purposes, Moolenaar wrote in the letter obtained by the FT.

The letter comes after the FT reported that Apple was lobbying the administration for clearance to buy chips from CXMT. The Pentagon this year put CXMT on its “Chinese Military Companies” blacklist. While that does not ban Apple from buying CXMT chips, it raises the political risk for the iPhone maker.

The lawmakers asked the administration to ban US firms from buying chips from any group on either the “Chinese Military Companies” list or the Commerce Department’s “Entity List”, which imposes licensing restrictions on the exports of US technology. They urged Lutnick to put CXMT on the entity list and tighten restrictions on YMTC, which is already on the list.

The lawmakers asked the administration to work with Japan, Korea and the EU on a co-ordinated approach to stop CXMT and YMTC from “exploiting the global memory shortage to penetrate allied supply chains”.

CXMT and YMTC specialise respectively in DRam and Nand — components used in devices ranging from smartphones to data centres. Both were founded to reduce China’s near-total reliance on foreign suppliers.

🔗 https://www.ft.com/content/9e7cdf3c-2e52-492f-afeb-b63d86a53ce6