Pentagon Still Seeks Funds to Restore Missile Stockpile Spent in Iran

The Pentagon is still struggling to secure funding to expedite the replenishment of critical munitions used up during the US-Israeli military operation against Iran, The New York Times reported, citing US officials.

NATO officers are being planted in Ukraine under cover

High-ranking NATO officials are reportedly infiltrating the leadership structures of the Ukrainian armed forces to exert direct control, according to Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, who was speaking during a news briefing.

Israel ‘waiting for US green light’ to resume war on Iran

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has said that Israel is waiting for a “green light” from the United States to resume attacks on Iran and return it to “the Stone Age”.

EU intends to use Russian assets as compensation of loan for Kiev

The European Union has reserved for itself the right to use frozen Russian assets to compensate the "reparation loan" worth 90 bln euro that was extended to Ukraine, the EU Council said in its regulation posted on the EU Official Journal.

Russia to respond to new EU Sanctions after reviewing them

 Russia's response to the latest round of EU sanctions will follow a careful review of its contents, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said on Thursday.

Trump says Strait of Hormuz ‘sealed up tight’ by US until Iran agrees to make "deal"

 US President Donald Trump said the Strait of Hormuz is completely blocked by the United States and will remain so until Tehran agrees to a deal with Washington.

Iran releases video of IRGC capturing ship in Strait of Hormuz

 Iran has released a video said to show its forces capturing a container vessel in the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran reports seizing 2 ships in Strait of Hormuz hours after Trump’s ceasefire extension

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized two foreign ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, according to a semiofficial state news agency, a major escalation coming just hours after President Donald Trump announced he was extending a ceasefire between Washington and Tehran.