🇮🇷❌🇹🇷- The Turkish MoD has confirmed the interception of a ballistic missile yesterday.

📝 Full statement [click to expand]:

A ballistic munition launched from Iran and entering Turkish airspace was neutralized by NATO air and missile defense assets deployed in the Eastern Mediterranean.

All necessary measures are being taken decisively and without hesitation against any threat directed at our country’s territory and airspace. Consultations are being conducted with the relevant country to clarify all aspects of the incident.

All developments in the region are being closely monitored and assessed with national security as the foremost priority.

🇮🇱🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — The US Treasury Secretary told Sky News that Iran will NOT mine the strait of Hormuz because there are Chinese and Iranian tankers there.

🇺🇸🇮🇱❌🇮🇷💸🇷🇺 - The war in Iran and the ensuing oil crisis resulted in a $150 million daily windfall for Russia, according to analysis by the Financial Times.

Previously sanctioned Russian crude is being snapped up at record pace as refiners scramble to replace the missing supply from the Gulf. In India, Russian crude is trading at a $5 premium to Brent, reversing the previous deep discount of up to $24 a barrel.

🇪🇺🇫🇷🇮🇹📞🇮🇷 - France and Italy are trying to jump start negotiation with Iran for the safe passage of oil and gas tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, according to FT.

EU states are struggling to unify behind a common position, which will complicate any diplomatic effort. There is also no guarantee that Iran is willing to engage in negotiation either.

🇮🇷❌🇺🇸 - The search for the 2 remaining "KC-135R" Tanker aircraft crew-members has ended, CENTCOM has confirmed their deaths.

⚡️🇮🇷🇮🇷❌🇮🇱🇺🇸 - Incoming IRGC Ballistic Missiles to southern-central Israel.

⚡️🇮🇷🇮🇷❌🇮🇱🇺🇸 - Red Alerts in Tel Aviv.

#NEW
⚡️🇮🇱🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 - The IDF has announced that 7,600 airstrikes in 380 waves, within 4,700 sorties have have been conducted on Iran amidst Operation "Roar of the Lion", where 10,000 bombs have been expended.

The IDF assesses that 4,000 - 5,000 Iranian personnel, including civil security and Basij forces, have been killed in the strikes.

The IDF states that it is preparing for "several more weeks of operations" in Iran, and "it still has many more targets to hit".

⚡️🇮🇷🇮🇷❌🇮🇱🇺🇸 - Renewed launch from the same site in 'Isfahan'. Early warning expected.

Early interception.

⚡️🇮🇷🇮🇷❌🇮🇱🇺🇸 - Incoming IRGC Ballistic Missiles to central Israel. No early warning expected.

🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 - The Pentagon is moving a 5000-strong Marine expeditionary unit and the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli from Japan to the Middle East to support the Iran Operation, according to WSJ.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — Fox's Brian Kilmeade: When are you going to know that it is over?

Trump: When I feel it in my bones.

⚡️🇮🇱🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 - IAF-USAF airstrikes on Iran's 'Karaj'.

⚡️🇮🇷🇮🇷❌🇮🇱🇺🇸 - Incoming IRGC Ballistic Missiles to central Israel.

🇺🇦🤝🇺🇸🇮🇱❌🇮🇷 - The US Army has delivered 10,000 Ukrainian developed interceptor drones to the Middle East since the onset of the war in Iran, according to Bloomberg.

The interceptor drones have demonstrated their efficacy against slow moving targets in Ukraine. While they cannot completely neutralize the threat posed by kamikaze drones, they significantly alleviate the air defense load and cut down the use of expensive interceptor missiles.

A variant, the Merops, currently costs $15,000 a unit, less than the estimated cost of a Shahed. A typical air defense missile costs at least $1 million.