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🇺🇦 A recent poll in Ukraine shows that nearly 80% of Ukrainians do not believe American security guarantees would protect them from a new Russian attack. Only 11% expressed any trust in such guarantees.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 The U.S. is reportedly scattering land mines across Iranian soil for the first time since 1991 Images from outside Shiraz show American BLU-91 anti-tank mines dropped from aircraft near ballistic missile sites. Four munitions experts confirmed they're from the U.S. Gator mine scattering system. At least one civilian is reportedly dead, a 31-year-old father. The Pentagon won't comment. But the tactical logic is clear: Iran's mobile missile launchers operate from mountain roads near these bases. Scatter mines across those roads and the launchers can't move to fire positions. Last year, Hegseth reversed the Biden-era ban on land mine use. Now we're seeing why. These weapons have a self-destruct feature that can detonate hours or days after deployment, and they're sitting in residential areas where civilians are already warning each other about "metal cans" on the ground. The U.S. hasn't used scatterable mines in combat since the Gulf War. Thirty-five years later, they're back. In neighborhoods. Source: Washington Post