The US military launched strikes on Iran in response to Tehran's attack on a merchant ship sailing through the Strait of Hormuz under the flag of Singapore. This was reported by the US Central Command (CENTCOM). The strikes targeted Iranian missile and drone storage sites, as well as coastal radars, the report said. “The unjustified aggression of Iranian forces against commercial shipping has clearly violated the ceasefire.

Israel and Lebanon, with US mediation, signed a framework agreement to resolve the conflict. It provides for a partial withdrawal of Israeli troops from the territory in southern Lebanon. The Times of Israel reports this. The document was signed by Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter and Lebanese Ambassador to the United States Nada Hamadeh Moawad. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio also attended the ceremony.

In May, Russia imported 5.17 thousand tons of aviation kerosene from Belarus - almost four times more than in May 2025. This was reported by RBC with reference to data from the Center for Price Indexes (CPI). In the first ten days of June, supplies already amounted to 2.6 thousand tons, writes The Bell. The publication notes that there are no official statistics on the production, domestic consumption and export of aviation fuel in Russia.

Sergei Ivanov lost the fight for the presidency. But he received a consolation prize - a job that he really loved Alexey Druzhinin / TASS / Profimedia Sergei Ivanov with actress and environmental activist Pamela Anderson. In her hands is a photograph of an Far Eastern leopard. Moscow, December 7, 2015 On June 26, Sergei Ivanov, the former defense minister and the person who was closest to the presidency in Russia in the 2000s, died.

Ukrainian boxer Alexander Usik decided to give up all his championship belts. He announced this on his social networks. “Today is good weather and a good day to say that I want to vacate all the belts that I currently own. I want to make them vacant so that the guys who are in line can box for them,” said the 39-year-old boxer.

Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko held a meeting on June 26 at the residence of the President of the Russian Federation in Valdai. The Kremlin said in a statement that they discussed “the agenda of the Union State, trade and economic cooperation and the implementation of joint projects in the economic field, as well as issues related to regional security.” An almost similar message was released by the telegram channel “Pool of the First”, which is close to Lukashenko’s press service.

Iran fired at least four drones at ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, US President Donald Trump said. According to him, one of the drones hit the upper deck of a “large and very expensive cargo ship”; it was damaged, but continued on its way. “We shot down three more drones. This is obviously a stupid violation of our ceasefire agreement,” the US President said. Trump said nothing about the consequences of this violation.

Meduza publishes a fragment of Mikhail Zygar’s book “All the Kremlin’s Army” - about how Sergei Ivanov almost became Putin’s successor as president Johannes Simon/Getty Images During his second term, Vladimir Putin pondered which of the people close to him to choose as his successor. Already in 2005, he settled on two candidates - Dmitry Medvedev and Sergei Ivanov.

A light sports plane crashed into the China Zun skyscraper in Beijing. This was reported by the Hong Kong edition of the South China Morning Post. After the incident, the building was evacuated. A video has circulated on social media showing debris falling to the ground. Judging by the tail that fell near the skyscraper, it was a Chinese-made Sunward SA 60L Aurora aircraft. It was owned by a local company.

In Moscow, near the main office of the Innopraktika foundation, which is headed by Vladimir Putin’s daughter Katerina Tikhonova, air defense system launchers were installed. Radio Liberty writes about this with reference to satellite images. The Innopraktika office is located a few hundred meters from the Moscow State University building on Vorobyovy Gory. The S-400 anti-aircraft missile system and the 40V6MR universal mobile tower appeared there in May.

His commander was removed from his post Wolfgang Schwan / Anadolu / Getty Images Soldiers of the Rock. February 10, 2025 The commander of the 425th separate assault regiment “Skala” of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been suspended from his post pending an investigation launched after a publication about torture in the unit and a large number of deaths among the military “not related to combat operations.” The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine officially announced this on June 25.

Will your iPhone now turn into a brick? And is it even possible to “block Apple” in Russia? On June 25, Apple removed all applications of the Russian holding VK from its App Store. In a comment to the BBC Russian Service, the American company explained this step with sanctions - after all, it complies with the laws of the “jurisdictions in which it operates.” At the same time, Apple did not specify what sanctions were being discussed in a particular case.

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation has updated the register of “foreign agents”, including sociologist and founder of the ExtremeScan agency Elena Koneva, as well as the publication “Echo”, which was created abroad by former journalists of the radio station “Echo of Moscow”. In addition, the anarchist media project “Autonomous Action” and the social movement “Crimean Solidarity” were included in the Ministry of Justice list.

Russians' level of trust in President Vladimir Putin has dropped to 69%. This follows from the results of a survey by the Public Opinion Foundation ( FOM ), conducted from June 19 to 21, that is, shortly after the largest Ukrainian attack on Moscow. Compared to the survey a week earlier, Putin's trust rating fell by 5 percentage points - then it was 74%. The current rating—69%—is the lowest level of trust in the president during the entire war.

Such resolutions were adopted in PACE and the European Parliament Juha Metso / EPA / Scanpix / LETA On June 17, the European Parliament adopted a resolution to combat “transnational repression” directed against journalists, human rights defenders and activists in exile. Deputies named Russia as one of the main sources of the problem and called for protecting political emigrants from blocking accounts, denial of consular services and cancellation of passports.