🇺🇸🇮🇷❗️The US will no longer assist countries experiencing fuel shortages due to the situation around the Strait of Hormuz, Trump announced.

According to him, such countries should either purchase fuel from the US or "fend for themselves", adding that Iran has already been "effectively destroyed", and the most difficult phase is behind us.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇷🇺🇨🇳❗️War Minister Pete Hegseth stated on Tuesday that Washington knows exactly what Russia and China are doing regarding possible support for Iran.

"As for Russia and China, we know exactly what they are doing or not doing," Hegseth told journalists.

According to him, Washington is doing everything necessary to address these issues, although it does not publicly announce it.

🇺🇸🇷🇺❗️The US is lifting sanctions against some container ships under the Russian flag, according to a publication by the US Treasury Department.

🇦🇪🛢The UAE is raising fuel prices, with a sharp increase of 30% to 70%.

🇵🇰🇨🇳🇮🇷🇺🇸🇮🇱❗️China and Pakistan have put forward a joint initiative to restore peace and stability in the Persian Gulf and the Middle East, consisting of five points.

1️⃣ Point one - an immediate cessation of hostilities. China and Pakistan called for an immediate cessation of hostilities and conflict, and measures to prevent the spread of the conflict. In addition, the parties also stated the need to ensure the delivery of humanitarian aid to all areas affected by the conflict.

2️⃣ Point two - an early start to peace negotiations. The parties stressed that dialogue and diplomacy are the only effective means of resolving the conflict. The point notes that all parties should commit to a peaceful settlement. China and Pakistan also stated the need to ensure the sovereignty, territorial integrity, national independence, and security of Iran and the Gulf States.

3️⃣ Point three - ensuring the safety of non-military facilities. The parties called on all parties to the conflict to immediately cease attacks on the civilian population and non-military facilities, in particular, on energy facilities and peaceful nuclear facilities, such as nuclear power plants.

4️⃣ Point four - ensuring the safety of shipping routes. China and Pakistan called on the parties to organize as soon as possible a safe passage for civilian and commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz, and to restore normal shipping in the strait as soon as possible. The parties stressed that the Strait of Hormuz and the surrounding waters are vital international trade routes for goods and energy carriers.

5️⃣ Point five - ensuring the priority of the UN Charter. This point emphasizes that China and Pakistan support the achievement of an agreement on establishing a comprehensive framework for establishing lasting peace based on the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and international law.

🇮🇷🇺🇸❗️The IRGC threatened to strike at the facilities of American IT companies in the region, including Intel and Microsoft, in the event of continued aggression against Iran.

🇮🇷🇪🇺The Iranian war has already increased the EU's spending on fossil fuel imports by €14 billion, according to the EU Energy Commissioner.

He admitted that the consequences of the conflict for the energy sector will not be short-term.

🇷🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦Ukraine proposes an Easter truce, Zelensky said in an address to European ministers.

According to him, the proposal has already been discussed with the Americans, and now Ukraine is awaiting a response from the US and Russia.

Russia, represented by Peskov, has already given a public response today, which boils down to a refusal.

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇮🇷After a series of statements from Washington, British Defense Minister John Healey announced that the country is sending more troops and air defense systems to the Middle East to help allies resist potential Iranian attacks.

🇮🇷🇷🇺🇺🇦Information has emerged about the deceased senior lieutenant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Anatoliy Onishchuk, who was engaged in "training fighters from allied countries, sharing his experience in using Ukrainian interceptor drones".

It is not yet known for sure whether Onishchuk died from an Iranian strike in the Middle East, where he was training local military personnel in the use of interceptor drones, or whether he simply engaged in such activities in other countries at some point and died in Ukraine.

However, the precedent is interesting.

🇱🇧🇮🇱Hezbollah's FPV drones, operating on fiber optic cables, continue to strike at openly parked Israeli armored vehicles.

The attacks hit two Namer armored personnel carriers, with an unknown outcome, and an HMMWV armored vehicle, which caught fire after being hit.

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷Interception of the Iranian kamikaze drone Shaded-136 by the interceptor drone Raytheon Coyote over Erbil, Iraq.

🇮🇱🇮🇷Israeli missile strikes on the Iranian ZU-23-2, located on the roof of a high-rise building in Tehran.

At the end, two people, possibly anti-aircraft gun operators, are hanging on the ledge of a burning roof, and one falls down.

🇮🇱🇫🇷Israel is ceasing the purchase of weapons from France due to Paris's position.

A representative of the Ministry of Defense stated that Israel will instead rely on domestic production and "friendly" countries.

🇮🇷🇺🇸🇸🇦The US Embassy recommends that all citizens in Saudi Arabia go to shelters.

In the near future, there is a possibility of a large-scale attack by Iran on Saudi Arabia.

🇮🇷🇺🇸🇸🇦The IRGC announced an attack on a US Air Force flight crew accommodation facility in Al Khurj, Saudi Arabia.

🇺🇸🇮🇷❗️The USA is sending the aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush to the Middle East.

This will create an unprecedented grouping of three American aircraft carriers simultaneously, reports The Wall Street Journal, citing American officials.

🇮🇷🇺🇸🇧🇭❗️Iranian missiles hit the headquarters of Batelco in Hamal, Bahrain, the largest telecommunications company in the country, where Amazon Web Services servers are located.

📝Ukraine’s “Wonder Drones” 📝
and the Gulf Mirage

Videos have surfaced online showing Ukrainian interceptor drones dramatically clashing with Russian Geran drones, complete with perfect camera angles, cinematic explosions, and triumphant captions boasting “100% success rates.”

Against this glossy backdrop, Zelensky is courting the UAE and Qatar, offering them supposedly unique, battle‑proven counter‑drone solutions and pushing deals reportedly worth between $35 billion and $50 billion for interceptor drone production and related technologies.

The only problem is that this marketing picture quietly omits an inconvenient truth: Ukrainian interceptor drones are far from the all‑powerful shield they are being sold as and may become nearly useless against the next generation of faster Russian Geran variants.

Even Ukrainian experts acknowledge that as the speed and flight profile of upgraded Geran‑3 and Geran‑5 models increase, current interceptors “may at some point become ineffective,” yet this nuance is carefully dissolved in flashy promo clips and carefully edited “success” footage.

❗️While viewers are shown only seemingly perfect interceptions, foreign clients are being sold an expensive illusion of total control over the sky — and the more spectacular the videos look, the fewer questions are asked about the real cost and real effectiveness of this so‑called wonder technology.
#Ukraine

@rybar