Overview
- Ukrainian officials said Russia fired an Oreshnik ballistic missile at Lviv during a large air assault that also left four dead and 25 wounded in Kyiv.
- Moscow portrayed the renewed Oreshnik use as payback for an alleged drone attack on Putin’s residence, a claim the EU and U.S. have rejected.
- U.S. Central Command said it carried out large‑scale strikes on Islamic State targets across Syria in direct response to a Palmyra attack that killed two U.S. service members and an interpreter.
- Human-rights monitors reported roughly 500 deaths and more than 10,000 arrests during Iran’s weeks of anti-government protests, as officials warned the U.S. against intervening.
- U.S. Southern Command reported the interdiction of the tanker Olina in Caribbean waters over alleged transport of sanctioned Venezuelan oil, while North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong demanded explanations after accusing Seoul of drone incursions that South Korea denies.