Overview
- Iran’s Revolutionary Guard answered the allied operation with waves of drones and ballistic missiles against Israel and targets in countries hosting U.S. forces, with explosions also reported in multiple Iranian cities including Tehran.
- Britain says its forces have been flying defensive sorties and shooting down Iranian UAVs that threatened UK personnel and allies, and reports that two ballistic missiles were fired in the direction of Cyprus but likely not aimed at the island.
- Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced plans to involve Ukrainian experts to help Gulf partners counter drones and to allow limited defensive use of UK bases, while President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine has not yet received a direct request but stands ready to share expertise.
- Israeli and U.S. leaders claim senior Iranian commanders were killed and suggest Khamenei may be dead, a claim Iranian officials have neither verified nor accepted, calling such reports psychological warfare.
- On the Ukraine front, the General Staff recorded 145 combat engagements on March 1 and reported today’s fighting again concentrated on the Huliaipole and Pokrovsk directions, as Russian regional authorities also reported a drone strike in Novorossiysk with unconfirmed reports of damage near an oil terminal.