Yemeni Armed Forces announce it will issue an important statement at 16:00 local time (14:00BST/09:00EDT) regarding the targeting of Saudi Mercaneries with the Rajum drone

Advance-notice announcements from the Yemeni armed forces have, in this conflict, become a regular feature of its information operations, with the pre-flagged statement typically claiming a strike and supplying its own account of the target and outcome; independent confirmation tends to lag by hours and frequently contradicts the claimed result. The distinction that matters for the tape is target type: claims against land-based Saudi-affiliated forces inside Yemen have historically drawn little market response, whereas anything framed as a strike on Saudi oil infrastructure or tied to Red Sea shipping lanes is what has repriced crude through the geopolitical risk premium and moved tanker freight and war-risk insurance rates. Drone claims of this kind are a long-running pattern, with the Rajum system cited in prior such statements, and the usual sequence is claim, denial or silence from the Saudi side, then any corroborating imagery. The tell at the scheduled time is the stated location and target category rather than the rhetoric around it. Until the statement crosses, this is a placeholder headline carrying no new information beyond timing.