🇷🇺🇮🇷/🇺🇸🇮🇱 Sergey Lavrov: Tel Aviv and Washington have committed a dangerous act by striking Iran’s nuclear sites.

– The strikes on Iran are pushing it to take concrete steps to protect its nuclear materials.

🔴 @alsaa_plus_EN

🇺🇸/🇮🇷 As of 18 February 2026, the infographic lists 87 refueling aircraft, mainly KC-135 Stratotanker and KC-46 Pegasus, identified via ADS-B and open sources. Each entry shows hex code, registration, callsign, date, and entry point.
Color-coded structure
Red: U.S. departure bases and initial entry points
Yellow: Lajes Airport, transatlantic hub
Green: Forward bases in Europe and the Levant — Ramstein Air Base, RAF Mildenhall, Naval Air Station Rota, Muwaffaq Salti Air Base
Blue: Final destinations unconfirmed
Analysis
The map shows a structured corridor: United States → Atlantic → Europe → Middle East.
87 tankers do not form a strike force but provide a sustained air-refueling backbone for fighters, bombers, and ISR assets.
OSINT takeaway: coherent prepositioning, with continuity and volume signaling a capacity for sustained sorties and power projection.

🔴 @alsaa_plus_EN

🇮🇱/🇵🇸 The IDF has announced that Staff Sergeant Ofri Yafe who served in the Israeli Paratroopers Reconnaissance Unit was killed in a friendly fire incident last night.

Yafe’s unit was reportedly conducting an operation in Khan Yunis when he was critically wounded by friendly fire, he was taken to receive higher medical care but was pronounced dead later on.

The IDF is currently investigating the incident.

🔴 @alsaa_plus_EN

🇺🇸/🇮🇷 — A senior U.S. official told Reuters: Donald Trump and his advisers discussed developments regarding Iran in the Situation Room at the White House Situation Room.

Washington expects Iran to submit a written proposal to resolve the crisis.

All our forces will be ready for deployment in the Middle East by mid-March.

🔴 @alsaa_plus_EN

🇺🇸/🇮🇷 New shipment of refuelling aircraft coming.

🔴 @alsaa_plus_EN

🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Within 24 hours, 46 refueling aircraft departed for Europe en route to the Middle East, in addition to 23 airlift flights C-17 and C-5 bound for the Middle East.

🔴 @alsaa_plus_EN

🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Last 24h.

🔴 @alsaa_plus_EN

🇮🇱 The Israeli Foreign Minister: The Jewish presence on our historic land does not violate international law.

🔴 @alsaa_plus_EN

🇺🇸/🇮🇷 "Top national security officials have told President Trump the military is ready for potential strikes on Iran as soon as Saturday, but the timeline for any action is likely to extend beyond this weekend,"

"Over the next three days, the Pentagon is moving some personnel temporarily out of the Middle East region — primarily to Europe or back to the United States — ahead of potential action or counterattacks by Iran if the U.S. were to move ahead with its operation," - CBS.

🔴 @alsaa_plus_EN

🇺🇸/🇮🇷| Wall Street Journal, citing US officials: We have the firepower to wage a sustained air war for weeks against #Iran

🔴 @alsaa_plus_EN

🇮🇷/🇮🇱 Enemy media: Zionist regime's i24 network released a CCTV footage of a man who spied on Yoav Gallant for Iranian intelligence and purchased several phones.


🔴 @alsaa_plus_EN

🇺🇸🇮🇱/🇮🇷Recent George Galloway post on Instagram.

🔴 @alsaa_plus_EN

🇺🇸/🇮🇷Another shipment of KC-46 fuel carriers has headed to Europe, from where it will likely later reach the West Asia (middle east).

🔴 @alsaa_plus_EN