Putin says State Duma elections will be held on schedule and strictly in accordance with the law.

President Trump said on the 27th US forces struck Iranian missile and drone storage sites and coastal radar stations after Iran again violated a ceasefire, warning that “the Islamic Republic of Iran will no longer exist” if escalation continues. CENTCOM said the same day it carried out a new round of strikes inside Iran as a direct response to Iran’s continued targeting of merchant shipping, saying US aircraft hit military surveillance facilities, communications nodes, air-defence positions, drone storage sites and minelaying equipment.

Saudi state news agency SPA reports an ARAMCO helicopter crashed at Ras Tanura, killing 14. Cause is unknown and an investigation is under way.