Iran warns Ukraine of retaliation after deadly Caspian Sea strike
Abbas Araghchi says the Ukrainian attack on the Iranian vessel in the Caspian Sea ‘cannot go unanswered’.

Abbas Araghchi says the Ukrainian attack on the Iranian vessel in the Caspian Sea ‘cannot go unanswered’.

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The incident adds to concern that Moscow’s war on Ukraine risks spilling over to entangle neighbouring NATO states.
Strikes target Ukrainian defence industry event, Russia’s Kirov and more Wildberries warehouses.
An unprecedented simultaneous replacement of the top defence and military brass comes amid a debate over strategy.
Reports of Iran targeting sites belonging to the US’s CIA first emerged in the early days of the Iran war.
Four have been killed by Russian strikes in Ukraine, while four others died in Russia and Crimea, according to reports.
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov ‘reaffirmed readiness’ for political and diplomatic settlement to Russia-Ukraine war.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is due to meet US counterpart Marco Rubio, but progress towards peace unlikely.

Ukrainian drones have hit two more warehouses belonging to Russia’s biggest online retailer Wildberries.
Company CEO says logistics centres in Krasnodar and Nevinnomyssk evacuated days after workers killed in earlier attack.

A Russian guided aerial bomb attack on Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, killed at least three people and injured 13 others.