Iranian media reports new strike near Bushehr nuclear power plant

Another projectile hit the premises of Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant on Tuesday evening, while Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that attacks had been launched targeting multiple sites inside Israel.

It's the second attack on the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant since the U.S.-Israeli military strikes started on Feb 28.

Iran's authorities said there was no damage to the nuclear plant itself nor injuries to the staff, and the condition of the plant remains normal.

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)Rafael Grossi on Tuesday reiterated his call for maximum restraint to avoid nuclear safety risks during the ongoing conflict.

In addition, explosions were heard in the central Iranian city of Yazd and the southern city of Shiraz on Tuesday evening.

The Iranian forces announced on Tuesday that it targeted Erbil International Airport in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq with surface-to-surface missiles.

The IRGC on the same day launched the 79th wave of Operation True Promise 4, targeting multiple sites inside Israel with missiles and attack drones.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Tuesday that it has struck more than 3,000 targets in Iran since its military operation began on Feb 28.

In a statement, the IDF said the strikes are part of ongoing efforts to further degrade Iran's "core systems and capabilities."

Earlier that day, the Israeli Air Force bombed a key ammunition production plant in Isfahan, and attacked multiple targets including ballistic missile launching sites, weapons production sites and air defense systems.

On Monday, dozens of Israeli Air Force fighter jets conducted a large-scale wave of airstrikes targeting infrastructure sites in central Tehran based on real-time intelligence, the statement said.

The targets included several command centers, among them two belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Intelligence Organization and one affiliated with Iran's Intelligence Ministry, it said, adding that weapons storage facilities and air defense systems were also hit.

The U.S. Central Command said it has struck more than 9,000 targets inside Iran.

Iranian media reports new strike near Bushehr nuclear power plant

Russia reported on Tuesday that its forces hit several Ukrainian military targets, took control of a settlement in the Kharkov region in the past 24 hours, while Ukraine on the same day claimed to have downed over 1,000 Russian drones.

The Russian Ministry of Defense said in its daily report that over the past day, Russian forces had launched a large-scale attack on Ukrainian military industrial enterprises producing various types of missiles and components, as well as military airfields, using long-range air-based and land-based high-precision weapons and drones. All designated facilities were hit. Moreover, the Russian air defense systems shot down 10 guided-missile bombs and 259 fixed-wing drones.

On the same day, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that Ukrainian forces engaged in a total of 168 battles with Russia in the past day, with Ukrainian forces striking Russian personnel and equipment concentration areas, drone control points, and command and observation posts, shooting down 1,023 drones.

In addition, the Ukraine's Main Directorate of Intelligence reported on Tuesday that its unmanned systems forces destroyed a Russian Zircon hypersonic missile launcher and two missiles of the same type in Crimea that day.

The Ukrainian air force reported on Tuesday that the Russian army launched one of the largest drone attacks since the start of the conflict. On that day alone, the Russian army deployed over 550 drones to carry out the attack. Furthermore, from 18:00 on Monday, to 18:00 on Tuesday, the Russian army had already used nearly 1,000 drones of various models to strike Ukrainian targets.

Russia claims hitting military targets, Ukraine reports downing Russian drones