WORLD WAR 3 RISK INDEX
Verified situation report across 9 tracked conflicts, from open-source reporting to Saturday 29 August 2026, 17:00 UTC. US secondary financial sanctions against Iranian banking networks and Ukrainian deep-strike operations against Russian logistics depots are consolidating into a dual threat against Eurasian transit and military supply corridors. Through late August 2026, Washington's severance of Egyptian bank branches handling Iranian trade coincides with Russian long-range drone strikes on Kyiv ammunition depots and retaliatory Ukrainian attacks in Rostov and Crimea. This expanding financial and logistical attrition constrains Iranian foreign trade options while increasing the operational cost of sustained artillery warfare across Eastern Europe.