NEW: Ukrainian General Mykhailo Drapatyi is expected to become Ukraine’s new Commander-in-Chief.

Pete Hegseth on Iran:

I acknowledge that they still have capabilities, no doubt, but the amount of damage we have done to them has put them in the worst place they have ever been.

CONFIRMED: Zelensky dismissed Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi as Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief, appointing Mykhailo Drapatyi as his successor.

Pete Hegseth:

I don't know what Lloyd Austin did for four years. I really don't.

The amount of neglect, the amount of stale thinking and bureaucracy, it was staggering when we took over.

Ukraine’s new Commander-in-Chief Mykhailo Drapatyi led the iconic 2014 Mariupol BMP breakthrough.

He ordered his crew to smash through a separatist barricade in one of the war’s most famous early moments.

General Caine:

I want to highlight that the incredible work that the Ukraine industrial base is doing as they scale their own capabilities.

It ranges from their surface-to-air capabilities to their air-to-air capabilities. I'll note that recently we had the first air-to-air kill where a Ukrainian F-16 shot down a Russian fighter.

So I think their ability to scale their layered defense has come along a long way over the past couple years with the help and assistance of many.

Trump compares wars on Truth Social.

Iran war has cost the U.S. $37.5 billion, Hegseth says.

Pete Hegseth:

President Trump deserves the kind of praise he should get for undertaking this effort and having the courage to make sure that crazy Islamists can’t have a nuclear weapon.

Q: Are Russia and China helping Iran, and if so, how?

Hegseth: There are ways in which both of those countries are, at different levels, enabling some of the things Iran is doing. Yes.

Hegseth ranting at the Senate:

Do you want radical Islamists to have a nuclear bomb that can stare down the world?

Q: Do we have the ability to destroy whatever is underneath Iran's Pickaxe Mountain?

Hegseth: A lot of our capabilities are classified, Senator. But if anybody in the world can reach anything on God’s green Earth, it’s the United States military.

Q: In the war between Russia and Ukraine, who do we want to win?

Caine: I want Ukraine to win.

Q: Is Russia America's friend?

Caine: I think it's a complicated relationship... I don't think they are our friends.

Q: There are reports that we hit desalination plants in Iran. Were these deliberate targets?

Caine: I am not aware of those being particular targets.

NEW: Iran warns that if the U.S. attacks its nuclear or other key facilities, it will treat it as a major escalation and target U.S. interests, allies, and supporters across the region.

Pete Hegseth on Iran:

We are not fighting stupid wars again.

We haven't been trying to remake Iranian society.

Pete Hegseth on Iran:

We didn't start this war. Iran started this war 47 years ago.

We didn't start it. They did.

Pete Hegseth on Iran:

I am not asking for unlimited bombs. I am asking for the right bombs at the right time.

Pete Hegseth on Iran:

The nuclear sites were obliterated, but the Iranians foolishly continued to attempt to pursue nuclear capabilities.

Trump wants FIFA President Gianni Infantino to become the next UN secretary-general.

He believes Infantino's global reputation and experience leading FIFA make him a strong candidate to replace António Guterres.

Source: New York Post