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Iran’s renewed Hormuz closure claim left traffic sharply reduced despite limited transits

As of 24 June 2026, the Strait of Hormuz remained in a sharply degraded operating state after Iran said on 20 June it was closing the waterway again, reversing the short-lived reopening that had followed the 15 June U.S.-Iran interim arrangement.

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Ukraine said it struck the Orenburg gas-processing complex and two military communications sites deep inside Russia

On June 24, 2026, Ukraine’s General Staff said overnight long-range strikes hit the Orenburg gas-processing complex and two military satellite communications sites in Russia, but the claimed damage had not been independently verified and Russian officials had not publicly confirmed those specific strikes.