27 March 2026
A Russian attack damaged an energy facility in the Nizhyn district. Some 430,000 consumers in the Nizhyn, Pryluky and Chernihiv districts have been left without power. Engineers have already begun emergency repair works.
Kuwaiti Army: Air defenses are currently intercepting missile and drone attacks
Explosions were reported at the chemical plant in Tolyatti, Samara region of Russia
Bloomberg: Stocks and bonds sold off together. Gold headed for its worst week since 1983. At one point, traders priced in a coin-flip chance the Fed's next move is a hike, not a cut. The S&P 500 extended its longest weekly losing streak in a year
Trump: We defeated the and the Strait of Hormuz will open at some point.
Trump: "Without the U.S.A., NATO IS A PAPER TIGER. They didn’t want to join the fight to stop a Nuclear Powered Iran. Now that fight is Militarily WON, with very little danger for them, they complain about the high oil prices they are forced to pay, but don’t want to help open the Strait of Hormuz, a simple military maneuver that is the single reason for the high oil prices. So easy for them to do, with so little risk. COWARDS, and we will REMEMBER"
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation: Firefighting teams have begun dealing with the fire at Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery.
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation: Fire at some units of Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery following hostile attacks
Trump: I told Netanyahu not to target the oil fields, and he hasn't done so yet.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel "acted alone" in its bombing of the South Pars gas field in Iran, adding that US President Donald Trump "asked us to stop such attacks in the future."
The US further eases Russian oil sanctions, now allowing also the sale of petroleum refined products (until now it was only crude oil) that were loaded into tankers by March 12. The relaxation is valid until April 11
Documentation of the damage from inside the refineries in Haifa
Saudi authorities have announced the suspension of oil loading operations at Yanbu port after air defense forces intercepted and destroyed an Iranian ballistic missile over the port.
The United States is lifting sanctions on Belinvestbank, the Development Bank of Belarus, and the Ministry of Finance, announced Donald Trump's special envoy, John Coale. The Belarusian Potash Company and Belaruskali have also been removed from the sanctions list.
Haifa: Power outages reported in several locations after latest Iranian missile attack
Smoke rose from an industrial site in Haifa after an Iranian bombing of the location.
The Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council: Iran's targeting of the SAMREF refinery facilities, Yanbu port, and a refinery south of Riyadh is a terrorist act.
QatarEnergy CEO says the Iranian attack overnight damaged ~17% of its LNG production capacity, and it would take 3-5 years to repair the damage
Reuters quoted the CEO of Qatar Energy as saying: "To resume production, we first need a cessation of hostilities."
The U.S. may soon remove sanctions from Iranian oil that is stranded on tankers to help lift global supplies and reduce prices, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday
Firefighter teams are currently responding to fires at Kuwait’s al-Abdallah refinery port and Mina al-Ahmadi refinery port, Reuters reports citing a statement
Dutch Prime Minister: The situation in the Strait of Hormuz is extremely volatile and no potential mission can begin.
Qatar's Ministry of Interior: Civil Defense has initially brought a fire in the Ras Laffan area under control, with no injuries reported.
Abu Dhabi Media Office: Successful interception of missiles targeting Habshan gas facilities and Bab field; no injuries reported.
Iran media claims that a missile attack is ongoing against the LNG refinery in Bahrain
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Qatari Foreign Ministry: Requests military and security attachés at the Iranian embassy to leave the country within 24 hours.
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UAE Defense Ministry: Air defenses dealing with missile threat
Delcy Rodríguez also appointed a new Minister of Electric Power. Rolando Alcalá, an electrical engineer from Simón Bolívar University and an electrical projects specialist, was appointed to this position. Alcalá replaces Major General Jorge Márquez Monsalve.
Qatari Defense Ministry: We intercepted 4 ballistic missiles, and the fifth fell in Ras Laffan Industrial City, causing a fire which is being dealt with.
A US official denies to CNN that his country launched an attack on gas fields in Iran.