Russia said on Saturday that its forces had captured another settlement from Ukraine, while Ukraine, on the same day, reported striking a large military plant of Russia.
The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that over the past 24 hours, its forces had taken control of a settlement in the Dnipropetrovsk region and struck a range of Ukrainian targets, including energy and transport infrastructure used by the Ukrainian military, as well as assembly points for Ukrainian long-range drones.
The Russian air defense units also intercepted 16 guided aerial bombs, three Flamingo missiles, and hundreds of fixed-wing drones from Ukraine, the ministry said.
Meanwhile, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported 57 battles along the front lines as of Saturday afternoon, with the fiercest fighting taking place near Huliaipole, Pokrovsk, and Sloviansk.
Furthermore, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed on Saturday that the Ukrainian forces had used Flamingo missiles to strike a large factory producing military equipment for the Russian forces.
Russia seizes another Ukrainian settlement, Ukraine strikes Russia's large military plant
The United States conducted further strikes against multiple Iranian targets on Saturday following its attacks on Friday, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said.
U.S. military aircraft targeted Iranian military surveillance infrastructure, communication systems, air defense sites, drone storage facilities, and minelayer capabilities, according to a statement from the command.
The strikes were a direct response to "continued Iranian aggression against commercial shipping," the statement said.
Meanwhile, Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Saturday that its naval forces had struck U.S. military positions in West Asia in response to recent U.S. airstrikes on southern Iran.
In a statement published on its official news outlet Sepah News, the IRGC said the United States had carried out attacks on Iran's southern coastal areas under the pretext of an incident involving a commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran said it was enforcing maritime control arrangements under a recent Iran-U.S. memorandum of understanding (MoU), while accusing the United States of violating the agreement.
The IRGC warned that further U.S. attacks would trigger a stronger response.
Furthermore, CENTCOM said in a post on social media platform X that its forces had conducted strikes against Iran Friday night "as a powerful response to yesterday's attack on a commercial ship that was transiting the Strait of Hormuz."
CENTCOM said that Iran's actions had "violated the ceasefire."
The exchange of accusations and military actions between the United States and Iran came amid the ongoing tensions following a recently signed ceasefire agreement and continued negotiations between the two sides.
Mohsen Rezaei, a senior advisor to Iran's supreme leader said on Saturday that the United States has violated a recently signed peace MoU between Tehran and Washington by continuing to create tensions in the Strait of Hormuz.
Rezaei, who is also a former commander of the IRGC, made the remarks in a post on X hours after the United States carried out airstrikes on Iran's southern coastal areas.
He said "The United States, by supporting the actions of its proxy force (Israel) in the region and continuing to create tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, has violated the first and fifth paragraphs of the (peace) MoU."
Under the first paragraph of the MoU signed on June 18, Iran and the United States, as well as their allies, declared the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon, and undertook not to initiate any war or military operation against each other. According to the fifth paragraph, Iran is responsible for arranging the safe passage of commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz for 60 days, at no charge.
Rezaei warned that Iran's response to the violation of each paragraph of the MoU will be "swift and crushing."
In another development, flights between Iran's capital Tehran and Dubai of the United Arab Emirates will resume on July 1, Iranian media reported Saturday, citing Iran's Civil Aviation Authority.
US conducts further strikes against Iran: US command
