Ukraine has struck an oil refinery in Moscow, Russia.
These ongoing attacks on Russian oil facilities could push global energy prices even higher.
The attack comes despite Trump urging Ukraine to stop targeting Russian oil refineries and diesel infrastructure. Trump has argued that these strikes are contributing to a global diesel shortage and record-high fuel prices.
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US navy has shifted its main regional logistics hub to Diego Garcia after Iran struck and severely damaged its base in Bahrain, contributing to supply problems aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.
Bahrain and Fujairah in the UAE have traditionally been key ports for US carriers to rest and resupply, but both are within range of Iranian missiles.
Diego Garcia is roughly 4,000 km from Iran, putting it farther out of Iran’s reach. However Iran still has the capability to strike the island.
Yemen's Ansarallah struck the Saudi Aramco refinery in Jizan just one day after Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed the Mecca defense pact, under which an attack on any one of the three countries is to be treated as an attack on all.
NYT admits that Iran carried out 3 previously undisclosed attacks on US forces in Jordan before the July 18 strike, injuring dozens of American troops and damaging several helicopters.
Pentagon did not publicly disclose the earlier attacks, casualties, or damage
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Iranians are gathering on bridges and around power plants, forming human chains after threats of US and Israeli strikes on Iran's civilian infrastructure.