BREAKING: Zelensky:

Ukraine received a request from the United States for support in countering Shahed drones in the Middle East.

I ordered the provision of the necessary equipment and Ukrainian specialists.

NBC: Are Russia and China actively helping you in this war?

Araghchi: They have always helped us.

NBC: Does that mean yes?

Araghchi: I am not going to give details in the middle of a war.

NEW: Iran claims its IRGC Navy drones struck the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln near the Gulf of Oman as it approached the Strait of Hormuz.

The carrier group reportedly withdrew and moved over 1,000 km away.

Iran provided no evidence for its claim.

Iraq’s First Lady Shanaz Ibrahim Ahmed:

Leave the Kurds alone, we are not guns for hire!

Finland’s government plans to remove a legal ban on nuclear weapons on its territory, allowing them to be deployed during wartime.

The change would align Finland with other Nordic NATO members that restrict nuclear weapons only in peacetime.

The amendment, justified as strengthening NATO deterrence against Russia, still needs parliamentary approval.

Senior Iranian official to Al Jazeera:

We are not looking for a way out of the war; rather, we will close all exit routes for the enemy.

Trump, asked about an offer of help from Ukraine’s Zelensky to defend against Iran’s drones:

I’ll take any assistance from any country.

WATCH: Patriot air defenses in Qatar intercepting Iranian missiles over Doha, with explosions visible in the night sky.

The exact date the video was recorded is unclear.

Trump to POLITICO:

Zelenksy has to get on the ball, and he has to get a deal done.

It’s unthinkable that he’s the obstacle. You don’t have the cards. Now he’s got even less cards.

Trump on Anthropic:

I fired Anthropic. Anthropic is in trouble because I fired [them] like dogs, because they shouldn’t have done that.

Source: POLITICO

Trump on Iran:

They have no navy. They have no air force. They have no detection of air. It’s all wiped out. Their radar is all wiped out. Their military is decimated.

All they have is guts.

Source: POLITICO

Trump on Iran:

Now they’re looking at the son. The reason the father wouldn’t give it to the son is they say he’s incompetent.

Source: POLITICO

Trump on Iran:

We’re being surgical.

Source: POLITICO

Trump is preparing to fire Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

Trump has already asked aides and congressional Republicans for possible replacements.

Source: WSJ

Indian refiners are buying prompt Russian crude cargoes as the Iran conflict disrupts Middle East supplies.

India imports about 40% of its oil through the Strait of Hormuz and holds roughly 25 days of crude stocks, leaving it vulnerable to supply shocks.

State refiners — including Indian Oil, BPCL, HPCL, and MRPL — have purchased around 20 million barrels of Russian oil from traders.

India had reduced Russian purchases earlier under U.S. pressure, but refiners are returning to the market as availability becomes more critical than price.

Source: Reuters

Iran's Foreign Ministry Spox. Esmaeil Baghaei:

What kind of threat can Iran pose to the United States?

Did we come to the Gulf of Mexico to target Los Angeles and other U.S. cities? Or did they come 6,500 miles away to Iranian shores?

Source: Drop Site News

The Pentagon says it has officially designated AI company Anthropic as a U.S. supply-chain risk.

Source: Bloomberg

Babies were evacuated from a hospital in Bushehr, Iran after the facility was damaged in US-Israeli strikes.

Medical staff and Iranian Red Crescent workers moved infants from the neonatal unit to ambulances for transfer to safer facilities.

Washington and Tel Aviv are preparing to reduce the intensity of attacks on Iran in order to continue carrying out strikes for a longer period of time.

Source: Kan News