Iran accused Ukraine of attacking a merchant vessel in the Caspian Sea. One sailor died and another was injured in the Saturday morning incident. Ukraine's President Zelensky claimed responsibility for long-range strikes in the region. These strikes targeted vessels involved in transporting military cargo with Iran. Iran summoned Ukraine's charge d'affaires to protest the hostile act.

Ukraine’s forces struck a Russian warship and vessels used for transporting Iran-linked military cargo in the Caspian Sea, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Ukraine struck a Russian warship and Iran-linked vessels in the Caspian Sea, disrupting sanctioned military supply routes over 1,500 km from its