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

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa:

There is broad media freedom, but there is also great chaos at the same time.

Today, anyone who thinks of something goes out and says it in the media. He might attack people on sectarian grounds, or affect a sensitive security situation.

Some people film a security incident live and publish it in the media while the cell has not yet been caught.

BREAKING: Trump:

I am pleased to announce that the Highly Respected United States Senator from the Great State of Oklahoma, Markwayne Mullin, will become the United States Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), effective March 31, 2026.

Trump:

Kristi Noem will be moving to be Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas, our new Security Initiative in the Western Hemisphere we are announcing on Saturday in Doral, Florida.

Israeli Defense Minister Katz:

This regime must not appoint people who want to continue the program to destroy Israel.

Any senior governmental or military figure is in our sights.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:

I express my appreciation to the proud and honorable people of Kurdistan who have stood by Iran during these historic days.

I share the grief of the families of the martyrs and the injured in these incidents.

The governor and the armed forces, as guardians of security, are duty-bound to decisively confront any separatist activities.