Iran

American Admiral Aquilino is "very concerned" about the growing military ties between China and Russia, as he said during meetings with representatives of the Japanese defense industry.

The IDF is planning a military operation in southern Lebanon in response to Hezbollah's attacks from there, which creates a risk of escalation in the Middle East.

Military counterintelligence is one of the SSU units that directly performs combat missions on the front line. An important task of military counterintelligence is to block the illicit trafficking of military munitions to prevent their use for sabotage, terrorist attacks or other serious crimes.

Yemen's Houthi group attacks two cargo ships in the Red Sea: one was hit by a drone and the other by a ballistic missile; a US official confirms that a Liberian-flagged vessel was hit, causing a fire.

The UK Ministry of Defense reports that Russia is likely to improve the design of its Shahed attack drones. Against this background, Ukraine continues to successfully neutralize most of the weapons launched by

The three largest Greek shipping companies have stopped transporting Russian oil in compliance with US sanctions. This move increases dependence on Russia's Sovcomflot and smaller, lesser-known companies.

The United States is concerned that Iran is considering supplying ballistic missiles to Russia for use in Ukraine, as the two countries deepen military cooperation. Iran may equip Russia with Ababil and Fateh-110 missiles, while seeking to obtain modern military equipment from Russia

Iran is already supplying Russia with drones, guided bombs, and artillery shells.

Iran has released a new modification of the Shahed drone, it is already painted in a matte black color, which may complicate the work.