Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said Monday that the era of Western powers interfering in Iran's affairs has ended forever, and that Iran is now independent and strong.
He also said forces that once tried to dominate Iran now have to face up to its military strength.
Mojtaba made the remarks in a message commemorating the second anniversary of the death of late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
On September 27, 2024, then-Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut, Lebanon's capital.
Iran's Supreme Leader declares end to interference in Iran's affairs
Russia said Monday that its forces struck Ukrainian logistics and communications centers, port infrastructure and vessels overnight Sunday into Monday, while Ukraine said it had hit Russian defense industry enterprises, oil facilities and other targets.
The Russian Defense Ministry said in its Monday statement that its forces hit data processing centers at two large enterprises in Kiev, which it said provided internet services and handled the storage of intelligence data for the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF).
The statement said Russian forces had also struck fuel infrastructure in Kiev used by the Ukrainian military, as well as facilities at the Vasylkiv military airfield in Kiev Oblast.
A large ship repair yard at Izmail port in Ukraine's southern Odesa region and a Ukrainian State Border Guard post at the yard were hit, along with a logistics center in the Odesa region previously used to store Ukrainian military supplies, according to the ministry.
Dmitry Peskov, press secretary to Russian President Vladimir Putin, said Monday that Ukraine must pay the price for attacking Russia.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday that Ukrainian forces had struck two defense industry facilities in Russia's Tula and Voronezh regions and oil facilities in Krasnodar Krai.
Zelensky said Ukrainian forces had also hit targets in the Kaluga and Oryol regions that Russia used to launch drone attacks on Ukraine, and had also targeted Russian troops in the Bryansk region.
He also said Russian forces had launched a wave of aerial attacks across Ukraine in the early hours of Monday, causing casualties and infrastructure damage, including to a high-rise residential building in the Kharkiv region.
Russia strikes Ukrainian communications, logistics targets; Ukraine hits Russian defense, oil sites
