War & Security

Open Source Intel relays a CNN report, citing two US officials, that US forces in the Middle East could start new, potentially major, military operations against Iran within 96 hours of an order from President Trump. The sources are anonymous and no official US statement is attached.

Middle East Spectator posts a short clip and three photos of missile trails that it says come from Iran's ongoing ballistic missile exercises, now in a second consecutive week. Tehran has not given details of the drills.

Russia's Defense Ministry says units of its Vostok Group have taken the settlement of Obshcheye in Zaporizhzhia region, and it posts a 69-second video. The claim comes from Moscow and has not been independently verified.

Russia-focused channel Military Summary posts a minute of footage it says shows the Darnytsia CHP plant in Kyiv burning, and the moment the surrounding district lost power. The plant heats two districts of the capital. The claim and the footage are not independently verified.

OSINTWarfare shares three clips it says show a large wave of Russian Geran-2 loitering munitions over Chornomorsk in Odesa Oblast overnight. The post does not describe the damage.

Ukraine's Defense Ministry posts a 33-second video and says its forces struck the Proton plant in Oryol, which it links to missiles fired at Ukrainian cities. It also claims a hit on the Tolyattikauchuk plant in Tolyatti. This is Kyiv's claim; damage has not been independently assessed.

In a 50-second clip posted by ILTV, Prime Minister Netanyahu says the IDF is ready for both defensive and offensive operations. He warns Israel's adversaries they will take disproportionate blows.

U.S. Central Command shares a photo of an F-35C Lightning II landing on the flight deck of USS George Washington (CVN 73). The carrier continues operations in the Arabian Sea.

In a 1:40 clip posted by Clash Report, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei calls the Tehran meeting with senior Saudi, Pakistani and Turkish military and security officials a key step for regional diplomacy. He says Middle East stability must rest on the region's own states.

Iran International English posts a 33-second clip of Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei. He dismisses Netanyahu's threat to bring down the Islamic Republic as empty.