Kremlin says Oleshky, a town in Ukraine's Kherson region under Russian control, is facing shortages of food and medicine.

Qatar foreign ministry spokesman Majid Ansari said on the 20th at the Qatar Economic Forum in New York that Doha is engaging with the US and Iran to push for resumption of talks. He said multiple US officials have told Qatar the US wants a deal to end the conflict. Qatar has exchanged views with both sides in recent weeks and is trying to bridge differences but gave no timetable for talks to resume. Ansari said any settlement should secure regional stability and push the international community to agree on protecting strategic waterways, including the Strait of Hormuz, and noted the Bab el-Mandeb is already affected by the regional conflict.

據伊朗邁赫爾通訊社援引伊朗國家電網公司（Tavanir）首席執行官穆罕默德·阿拉達德稱，2026年夏季高峯期的電力缺口已從去年的2萬兆瓦降至約1萬兆瓦。