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Ryland Barton· Host0:13

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. Iran's joint military command is warning that all oil tankers moving through the Strait of Hormuz must use its approved routes or face what it calls a forceful response. It comes after US and Iranian negotiators met separately with mediators who said positive progress has been made to resolve the conflict started by the US and Israel in February. Ship passage through the vital waterway is continuing to rebound even after Iran attacked two commercial vessels last week that circumvented its routes. But traffic remains far below pre-war levels. Russia launched a massive drone and missile attack on Kyiv, killing at least twenty-one civilians in the city and injuring many more. It comes after Ukraine launched long-range strikes on Russian oil facilities that have disrupted energy supplies and created long fuel lines in Russia, as NPR's Joanna Kakissis explains.

Joanna Kakissis1:06

Vladimir Putin has acknowledged these strikes. Uh, there are real problems in Russia now because of these strikes. Russia's defense ministry today said, "Yes, these overnight strikes that we experienced last night were in retaliation for the long-range strikes."

Ryland Barton· Host1:20

Mm-hmm.

Joanna Kakissis1:20

Um, and they said that, you know, they suggested that more were to come.

Ryland Barton· Host1:24

NPR's Joanna Kakissis reporting. Louisiana's Republican attorney general has been indicted on sixteen