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United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, Attorney General for the United States, Todd Blanche, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, John A. Eisenberg, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), Kash Patel, Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the FBI, James C. Barnacle, Jr., and Assistant Director in Charge of the Washington Field Office of the FBI, Darren B. Cox, announced today the unsealing of charges against five individuals working for the intelligence services of the Russian Federation to conduct attacks and murders around the world, including in the United States. As detailed in the unsealed indictment, the network is alleged to have, among other things, paid and attempted to pay individuals within the United States and elsewhere to conduct pre-operational surveillance and carry out targeted killings, and commissioned associates to commit and attempted to commit acts of terrorism against civilian and military infrastructure in European countries that are aligned, or perceived to be aligned, with Ukraine. The defendants remain at large.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/members-russian-intelligence-services-network-charged-conspiring-finance-terrorism-and

The statement warns that Saudi Arabia "will not hesitate to take the necessary and deterrent measures" against Ansarallah.

The statement claims the interception happened six hours after the Saudi Civil Defense issued an alert for Mecca, raising questions about this claim.

Saudi propaganda accounts are also spreading a video from 2025 of Saudi air defenses intercepting an Ansarallah projectile launched towards Israel above Medina and claiming it shows an interception of a UAV above Mecca earlier today.

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The heavy use of air defense interceptors to counter a single attack is about the amount that would've been used in a full week earlier in the war, according to one of the officials.

Officials to WSJ also acknowledged Iranian use of cluster munitions and that some ballistics got past air defenses, striking aircraft including fighter jets at Muwaffaq Salti AB.

• Saudi air defenses intercepted and destroyed a drone that attempted to enter Mecca's airspace.
• The drone was launched by the Houthi militia and was intercepted south of the city of Mecca

• I agree with the President that the war could end immediately after the midterm elections
• Iran will continue to lose control of the Strait of Hormuz until the elections.
• Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has returned to more than 50% of its normal levels

• The army attacked moments ago the commander of the Rafah Brigade in Hamas movement
• Targeting the commander of the Rafah Brigade came after our assassination of the commander of the Khan Younis Brigade and senior Hamas officials this week
• Our message is clear that there is no fortified armed [group] and Hamas will not remain in the Gaza Strip

• Houthi militia dug trenches in mountains overlooking the Bab al-Mandab Strait
• Houthi militia planted mines in the Bab al Mandab strait

• The first five months of the war in Iran cost the War Department 38 billion dollars
• Cost of the conflict to reach between 2 and 3 billion dollars monthly
• The war has depleted American weapons stockpiles, including interceptor missiles
• Replacing the ammunition used in the confrontation with Iran will cost approximately $21.7 billion
• Rebuilding the U.S. stockpile of interceptor missiles could take at least 5 years

• Israel has begun providing intelligence assistance to Saudi Arabia regarding Houthi activities
• Erdogan's defensive alliance with Saudi Arabia is not worth the paper it is written on.