The Strait of Hormuz is “under Iran’s control and management”, the head of Iran’s Basij paramilitary unit, Hossein Taeb, said on Thursday, according to the semi-official Fars news agency.
Russian strikes set ablaze Ukraine’s Izmail port infrastructure, say authorities
Russia hit the area around Ukraine’s largest Danube port of Izmail overnight, damaging the infrastructure and triggering a fire, regional authorities said on the Telegram messaging app, according to Reuters. Izmail, a key grain and commodities port near Romania in Ukraine’s Odesa region, was struck a day after Ukraine attacked Novorossiysk in Russia. Romania, a member of NATO and the European Union, scrambled two fighter jets, its defence ministry said on X, adding that an aerial target spent about 10 minutes in national airspace before leaving for Ukraine.
