The Russian Foreign Ministry also urged foreign nationals to leave Kyiv as soon as possible and advised residents to avoid military and administrative infrastructure sites.

The strike on Starobilsk “overflowed the cup of patience,” prompting Russia to begin a sustained campaign targeting Ukrainian defense industry facilities, command posts, and decision-making centers across Ukraine.

According to Israeli estimates, Iran is rebuilding missiles, launchers, drones, and air defense systems in improvised underground facilities using surviving parts, Russian support, and smuggled Chinese components.

Israeli defense officials believe Iran could restore drone production within months and significantly expand missile production within a year.

CENTCOM commander Admiral Brad Cooper testified that 90% of Iran’s defense industrial base was destroyed, but updated intelligence suggests around two-thirds of Iran’s missile launchers survived and have been redeployed from underground tunnels.

President Trump’s most recent proposal requiring expansion of the Abraham Accords as part of a negotiated settlement to the Iran conflict is simply brilliant and would result in the most significant change in the Middle East in thousands of years.

With Saudi Arabia and others like Pakistan making peace with Israel, the region will know a level of stability never dreamed of before President Trump and will eventually lead to regional integration making the Middle East a powerhouse for economic opportunity and good instead of a powder keg.

I expect our Arab allies to embrace this, as well as our friends in Israel, focusing on this task as failure is not an option - which would be a correct analysis.

The IDF has begun striking Hezbollah infrastructure sites in the area of Tyre and additional areas in southern Lebanon.