Senior Iranian official to Al Jazeera:

Iran will allow ships from some friendly countries to pass through the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for paying security fees.

Iran intends to obtain war reparations from security fees on the Strait of Hormuz.

Senior Iranian official to Al Jazeera:

Several Indian, Pakistani, Turkish, and French ships have obtained a transit permit for the Strait of Hormuz.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz:

The IDF forcefully struck Iran's largest petrochemical plant. This key facility accounts for about 50% of Iran's petrochemical output. This follows an attack on Iran's second-largest facility last week.

As a result, both facilities, which together account for 85% of Iran's petrochemical production, are now out of operation. This represents a multi-billion dollar economic blow to the Iranian regime.

Netanyahu and I have instructed the IDF to continue high-intensity strikes on the Iranian regime's national infrastructure.

The IRGC continues to mock Trump by putting stickers on missiles.

Israel is awaiting authorization from the U.S. to begin striking Iran’s energy facilities.

Source: WSJ

Ukraine Claims Regaining Large Areas Since Late January Despite Russian Push

Army chief ​Oleksandr Syrskyi said Ukraine retook 480 sq km & 12 settlements in east and southeast since late January, as Russia continues a 1,200 km frontline offensive, highlighting possible shifting dynamics in the battlefield.

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Iran claims the U.S. pilot rescue mission may have involved deception, possibly as cover for moving uranium or other sensitive materials.

Officials say the landing/rescue location didn’t match where the downed F-15 crew was believed to be, raising suspicions.

Source: Al Hadath

NEW: The city of Shiraz (southern Iran) was struck during a large wave of US–Israeli airstrikes across multiple Iranian cities.

Targets in Shiraz included:

A power facility, causing electricity outages in parts of Fars Province.

An industrial/electronics site (SA-Iran).

Power blackouts affecting residents.

Shiraz was one of many cities hit (including Tehran, Isfahan, Ahvaz, Bandar Abbas.

Russia lost about $1 billion in one week after Ukrainian drone strikes hit key Baltic oil ports (Primorsk, Ust-Luga).

Attacks caused fires and shutdowns, cutting exports by ~40% (~2.3M bpd).

Source: FT

Trump has said he will not invade Canada, backing away from earlier talk of making it the “51st state.”

Speaking to biographer Robert Hardman, he joked that Canada’s history makes it unrealistic:

“They’ve got 200 years of history and all that ‘Oh, Canada’ thing… you can’t deal with that in three and a half years. I guess it’s not going to happen.”

Trump on Canada:

Do they still recognise the King? Or have they stopped that?

Taiwan's opposition leader Cheng Li-wun:

The Taiwan Strait is the most dangerous powder keg in the world.

I have high expectations for cross-strait reconciliation. My goal is to begin creating peace.

My strategy is to embrace Beijing to avoid all-out war.

Source: NBC News

Spaniards view Trump as more dangerous than Putin.

Donald Trump is seen as the biggest threat → 63% say “very high threat.”

Vladimir Putin is slightly lower → 52% “very high threat.”

Netanyahu → 46% very high threat.

Source: EL PAÍS

Israel continues to destroy southern Lebanon.