Day 13 of Middle East conflict — global economy disruptions, Iranian attacks spread to sea | CNN

• Aircraft lost: An American refueling plane went down in Iraq, according to the US military, which said the aircraft was not hit by hostile or friendly fire. It’s not clear if service members were hurt or killed. • First purported message: A message attributed to new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei was read on Iranian state media. His purported statement called for the Strait of Hormuz to remain closed as a “tool of pressure,” as the global oil market faces historic levels of disruption. • Oil shock: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has threatened to set the region’s oil and gas infrastructure “on fire” if Iranian energy sites are attacked. • Soldier dies: A French soldier was killed and several others were wounded in an attack in Iraqi Kurdistan. A drone attack had targeted a base hosting Kurdish forces and international coalition troops in northern Iraq. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday he hopes the US will reconsider a drone production deal amid its war in Iran. “We wanted to sign a big drone production deal with the United States, but we needed the approval from the White House,” Zelensky wrote on X, adding that the drones would