Overview
- Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the world faces an unparalleled threat and declared that international law no longer exists.
- The Kremlin’s warning was linked to recent U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran, which it characterized as a destabilizing convergence of crises.
- Reports say Russia has limited ways to help Tehran, possibly through intelligence sharing, and that Iran may have received Russian upgrades to its Shahed drones.
- Ukrainian drones were reported to hit the Akron chemicals plant in Veliky Novgorod and to target Sochi in overnight strikes near sites linked to President Vladimir Putin.
- Oil prices jumped above $100 as the Strait of Hormuz was described as nearly closed, with G7 finance ministers convening an emergency meeting and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard threatening Western tankers.