Iran does not strike territory of Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Turkey — MFA

Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan thanked the armed forces for an outstanding role in time of combat actions

Ahmed Aboul Gheit has condemned Iran’s attacks on Gulf countries

According to Alexey Grivach, in that case, many buyers in Asia will be looking for alternatives, including from Russia

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev says it is important to investigate the incident

The bill, introduced by the Russian government in November 2025 and passed by the lower house of Russia’s parliament in February 2026

According to the report, the People's Republic of China will promote peaceful development across the Taiwan Strait

The United States of America is essentially bankrupt, Maria Zakharova said

The head of Kiev regime said that he did not intend to allow an independent commission to assess the condition of the Druzhba pipeline

Russian air defense systems also shot down 13 rockets from the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system

Russian servicemen also destroyed a Ukrainian Air Force Mi-8 helicopter and struck Ukrainian transport infrastructure facilities

The battlegroup also destroyed nine unmanned surface vehicles and 33 drone control stations of the Ukrainian army

Emergency services are still working now, checking to ensure that no one remains under the rubble

The price reached $111.40 per barrel as of 1:15 a.m. Moscow time

The Kremlin comments on the victory of former French Prime Minister, Francois Fillon, in the primaries

The enemy lost four loitering munitions, 41 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles, and 64 heavy combat quadcopters

The attempt on the life of Lieutenant-General Vladimir Alekseev occurred in a residential building on Volokolamskoye Highway in northwestern Moscow on February 6

US President Donald Trump, in turn, said that the United States does not know whether the Russian side is sharing such data with Iran

The army's air defense systems destroyed one modern US MQ-9 drone in the skies over the province of Lorestan, the Islamic Republic’s army press service said

Vyacheslav Gladkov says that according to preliminary information, nobody was injured, but energy infrastructure is seriously damaged

The foreign minister called for preventing further escalation, spread of the conflict outside the region

The prime minister says he has "certain suspicions" on the matter

Three Ukrainian armed forces servicemen surrendered to the group's fighters.

The General Command of Bahrain’s armed forces urged citizens to "remain at home and leave only in cases of extreme necessity

According to preliminary information, there were no injuries

Spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C. Liu Pengyu says that China will send Zhai Jun to work with all parties to the conflict

The US president said earlier that he expected the operation against Iran to last four or five weeks

The Hungarian prime minister warned that Ukraine cannot achieve anything through blackmail against his country

The US Central Command reported that the carrier came under fire but was not hit

China's foreign minister says "back-to-back relations became the essence of Sino-Russian ties"

Units of Battlegroup South have liberated the settlement of Golubovka

Truck traffic across the border with Iran was suspended by the decision of the Azerbaijani government after the UAV incident in Nakhichevan

The Israeli army also continues strikes on infrastructure targets in Iran

The report also said that security measures will be strengthened in Oslo

The IRGC also reported having hit the Israeli Defense Ministry building

According to Axios, Iraqi Kurds consider the US administration's intentions regarding a change of power in Iran to be unclear, fearing an expansion of the conflict

Russia conducts dialogue with the United States directly, while US negotiations with Iran were carried out through intermediaries, the Russian presidential spokesman said

The US is targeting zero energy infrastructure, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said

The U.S.-Israeli criminal war against the Iranian nation has entered a dangerous new phase with deliberate strikes on Iran's energy infrastructure, told Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei

It may have been a US asset

The Russian presidential spokesman also noted that the modern world has lost what used to be called international law, and it is now unclear how anyone can be called upon to comply with it if it effectively no longer exists

This follows from the presentation of Dmitry Baranov, the Deputy CEO for rocket projects of the Russian state space corporation Roscosmos

"A significant part of oil is withdrawn from the global market because of the war in the Middle East," Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade said

American president Donald Trump doesn’t rule out such an option, spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said

According to the agency's source, the port of Fujairah in the UAE is one of the next targets of Israelis

In particular, 54 UAVs were shot down over the Bryansk region, 47 UAVs over the Republic of Crimea, 16 UAVs over the Krasnodar region

Authorities later clarified that the incident did not lead to disruptions in the country’s water supply

Dmitry Medvedev argues that "the return of such persons home can take place only in the event of their unequivocal public repentance and, in appropriate cases, only through an amnesty or pardon"

This step was geared to "tamp this fear of shortage of oil, tamp the price breaks and the concerns we see in the marketplace, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said

According to Alexander Novak, Russian companies are considering opportunities, without waiting for the next restrictions from Europe, to make new long-term contracts with a number of Asian countries

Top stories from the Russian press on Monday, March 2nd

The document expresses deep concern "over the current military escalation in the Middle East and beyond"

Andrey Kartapolov noted that the US is hesitant to launch a ground operation and is striking civilian targets such as hospitals and schools

Top stories from the Russian press on Thursday, March 5th

Vladimir Zelensky will become a liability for the EU, but it will already be too late, told Russian presidential spokesman

The Russian presidential spokesman also believes that Vladimir Putin was right in saying that, amid the "perfect storm" currently unfolding in the world, Russia must focus on itself and its own interests

By 5:16 a.m. Moscow time, the futures price exceeded $117 per barrel

The Israel’s Finance Ministry attributes these losses to the level of restrictions imposed in the country amid the escalating conflict

According to the agency, the ceremony will start at 3:00 p.m. local time in Enghelab Square in the center of the Iranian capital

The Kiev regime is manipulating European countries, the Russian President said, describing such interaction with the phrase "the tail wagging the dog"

"Additional measures will continue to be taken based on further developments, if deemed necessary," the ministry said

The former US president said that he knows more heads of state in person than any other president in US history

The head of RDIF made the remark in response to a post by former chief economist of the German precious metals trading company Degussa Goldhandel and honorary professor of economics at the University of Bayreuth Thorsten Polleit, who shared a chart illustrating the current state of German industrial production

The US president says the prices will fall soon "when the destruction of the Iran nuclear threat is over"

Top stories from the Russian press on Friday, March 6th

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that it is up to the Iranians to elect their new supreme leader and no one can interfere in this matter

The United Arab Emirates reaffirms that it is acting in self-defense against the brutal and unjustified Iranian aggression, which included the launch of more than 1,400 ballistic missiles and drones targeting infrastructure and civilian cites, the foreign ministry said

"The command post of the nationalist Azov regiment was hit near the village of Maryevka, Zaporozhye region," Konashenkov said

Russian troops also struck launch sites of Ukrainian long-range attack drones, Russian Defense Ministry reported

Saeed Khatibzadeh urged New Delhi to ask Washington, why they attack Iranian ships in the Indian Ocean

According to the source, the victim of the strike was a member of the Asayish internal security service

235 enemy fixed-wing UAVs were destroyed over the territory of the region by the air defense units of the Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation, mobile firing groups of the BARS-Bryansk brigade, and special forces of the Russian National Guard of the Bryansk Region

According to the defense ministry, since the start of the escalation, 238 Iranian ballistic missiles and more than 1,400 drones have been launched toward the UAE

The armed forces did not report any casualties or material damage

The foreign ministers paid special attention to the cessation of attacks resulting in casualties among civilians

Defensive systems are operating to intercept the threat

Russia will grant Ukraine a gas price discount for the autumn-winter season

The president says that the country celebrates the holiday with "the most uplifting and warm feelings"

Four civilians died, 10 were injured over the period, according to reports received by local authorities

The Axios portal said such a scenario is being considered if the sides conclude that Iran’s military capabilities have been sufficiently weakened

The exercises will last until March 19

The foreign minister added that Russia believes that the United States must clarify its plans to the world and how these plans correspond with the norms that previously existed

The Russian foreign minister recalled that "the organization was created to contain the Soviet Union and its geopolitical allies"

As of 5:30 a.m. Moscow time, oil was trading at $119.36 per barrel

Mojtaba Khamenei was elected unanimously

Not a single euro, not a single [unit] of weapons, not a single French soldier for Ukraine, wrote Leader of the French party The Patriots Florian Philippot

The news agency says has received no reports on radioactive contamination

As of 7:05 a.m. Moscow time, the MOEX Index was up by 3.07%

Russian President expressed confidence in his congratulatory message to Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei that he will honorably continue his father’s legacy

According to an earlier report, the fire occurred due to a drone attack

The Jerusalem Post noted that the Israeli army also denied its participation in the attack

No shelling from Iranian territory towards Azerbaijan, Turkey or Cyprus took place, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ismail Bagai has said

There were about 130 sailors about the sunken frigate, Abbas Araghchi added

A source in the dispatch service of the Doha flight information region, added that during this period flights of state and medical aviation are permitted, as well as aviation search and rescue operations subject to prior authorization from the country’s aviation authorities

The leader has been determined, Assembly member Ahmad Alamolhoda said

The National Security Forces Command vowed to carry out all his orders

Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik noted that since the beginning of the crisis in the Middle East, Vladimir Zelensky has been calling Arab leaders, "trying to stay on the agenda"

The price growth since the beginning of the day has exceeded 27%

Germany’s Bundestag has approved a resolution describing the Ottoman era mass killings of Armenians as genocide

Earlier, the French president held negotiations over the phone with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani