Iran announces new wave of missile strikes on Israel — state broadcaster

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

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

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

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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

Early this morning, IRGC Navy struck US Al-Udeiri Helicopter Base in Kuwait with kamikaze drones and cruise missiles

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The IRGC also reported having hit the Israeli Defense Ministry building

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

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

The Israeli army also continues strikes on infrastructure targets in Iran

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It may have been a US asset

Russian President Vladimir Putin personally takes part in addressing issues of ensuring the safety of Rosatom employees in Iran, Alexey Likhachev added

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

Defensive systems are operating to intercept the threat

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The exercises will last until March 19

According to preliminary information, there were no injuries

The leader has been determined, Assembly member Ahmad Alamolhoda said

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

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"

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

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

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

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"

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

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

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

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

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

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

As part of the targeted raid, the troops are operating to locate and strike terror infrastructure sites and eliminate terrorists in southern Lebanon, the press service of the Israel Defense Forces said

Donald Trump told it Fox News

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

"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

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

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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

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 armed forces did not report any casualties or material damage

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

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

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 Russian Federal Agency for International Humanitarian Cooperation will issue an official statement on the incident later, Head of Russia's Federal Agency for International Humanitarian Cooperation Yevgeny Primakov added

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

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

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

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

The news agency says has received no reports on radioactive contamination

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

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

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

Units of Battlegroup South have liberated the settlement of Golubovka

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

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

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

Turkey "places great importance on good neighborly relations and regional stability," the ministry stressed

The threat of rising energy prices in Europe has arisen not only because of military actions in the Middle East, but also as a result of Ukraine's suspension of the transit of Russian oil through the Druzhba pipeline, Orban noted

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

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

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

"A few minutes ago, a new salvo of Iranian missiles was fired towards the occupied territories," the report says

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

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

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

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