According to Tasnim News, citing an Iranian official, should the U.S. transit the Strait of Hormuz and continue to interdict Iranian vessels traveling to and from Iranian ports, Iran will respond “decisive[ly].”

Following reports from Iranian state media that a U.S. Navy ship was damaged in the Strait of Hormuz during a complex Iranian attack that involved missiles, drones, and small fast craft, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has posted a video montage featuring the three ships involved in yesterday's incident: USS Mason (DDG 87), USS Truxtun (DDG 103), and USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115).

President Donald J. Trump has posted to his Truth Social account that there will be a 3-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine May 9-11th to commemorate Russia's Victory Day. The ceasefire will pause all kinetic activity and include the swap of 1,000 prisoners from each side.

Following U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s announcement on a nominal ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced that starting from 10 a.m. Kyiv time, the plotted points (above) will be excluded from Ukrainian strikes. The Russian Victory Day Parade is tomorrow and the plotted points include the entirety of the Red Square. Reports also indicate that Russia has also agreed to this nominal ceasefire.

The U.S. State department has said that two days of intensive talks between Israeli and Lebanese negotiators will take place next week on the 14th and 15th in Washington. Per the release, “Discussions will build a framework for lasting peace and security arrangements, the full restoration of Lebanese sovereignty throughout its territory, the delineation of borders, and creating concrete pathways for humanitarian relief and reconstruction in Lebanon.”

According to a release from U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), at the direction of SOUTHCOM Commander General Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a strike on a vessel of a designated terrorist organization operating in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Per the release, 2 narco-terrorists were killed in the strike and 1 survived. Following the strike, SOUTHCOM notified the U.S. Coast Guard to begin search and rescue.

A review of Automatic Identification System (AIS) data from MarineTraffic.com over the past 24 hours indicates 0 commercial vessel transits through the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most strategically vital maritime chokepoints. Prior to the launch of Operation Epic Fury on February 28th, the average number of vessels transiting the Strait was 130.

The second Baseline 10 and SPY-6 Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to enter the U.S. surface fleet, Ted Stevens (DDG 128), left Huntington Ingalls Industries’ shipbuilding division in Pascagoula, Mississippi yesterday for Norfolk, Virginia. She will be commissioned as the USS Ted Stevens (DDG 128) in Alaska later this year.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump has been silent on whether or not a response was received last night from Iran, choosing not to speak to reporters on the matter last night when he arrived back at the White House.

Russia’s Victory Day parade took place earlier today without a hitch but absent of armored vehicles and other mobile platforms.

Overnight, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center received a report of an attack on a bulk carrier in the Persian Gulf, 23nm from Doha, Qatar by an unknown projectile. There are no injuries but there was a small fire.

Kuwait's Ministry of Defense announced earlier today that it was responding to "a number of hostile drones in Kuwaiti airspace."

U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command (AMC) is hard at work this morning with 13 U.S. Air Force C-17A "Globemaster IIIs" and 2 U.S. Air Force C-5M "Super Galaxy" aircraft active over Europe and the Middle East.

In the last few hours, the Ministry of Defense of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) air defenses have engaged 2 drones.

According to a release from U.S. Central Command, since the beginning of the U.S. blockade of vessels traveling to and from Iranian ports, 61 vessels have been redirected back to Iranian ports or turned away from transiting the Strait of Hormuz, and 4 vessels have “been disabled to ensure compliance.”

According to Reuters, citing a Pakistani official, Pakistani mediators have now received Irans’s response to the U.S. proposal, centered on a potential memorandum of understanding between the two countries.

In an interview with 60 Minutes, when asked if the war with Iran is over, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said “I think it accomplished a great deal, but it’s not over,” saying that enriched material still remains there, enrichment sites must be degraded more, and Iranian proxies still remain intact. When asked how he “envisions” resolving the problem of enriched material, Prime Minister Netanyahu said “You go there and you take it out.”

U.S. President Donald J. Trump has made his first comments since the news broke that Iran sent their response to the U.S. proposal through Pakistani mediators. While nothing was said about the proposal by President Trump, we can garner that the proposal sent by Iran was likely unacceptable to the administration, as the president was highly critical of the “games” that Iran has played with past administrations to gain concessions.

According to a release from U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), the remains of one of the U.S. soldiers who went missing off the coast of Morocco during training exercise African Lion 26 have been recovered. First Lieutenant Lamont Key Jr. has been identified as one of the two missing soldiers, now that his remains have been recovered and identified. He was assigned to Charlie Battery, 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command. The other, yet unnamed soldier remains missing, following the accident where both went missing following unsuccessful rescue attempts when one soldier fell into the water and others jumped in to rescue them.

Per the release, “More than 1,000 U.S. and Moroccan military and civil personnel have been involved in the search operations.”