Category: Russia

We think rumors of a coup in China are nonsense, the navy has decommissioned 5 of our most powerful warships in the face of a growing naval threat from China and Ukraine has received a long-awaited boost to its air defenses that may have just given Russian air forces a black eye.

After 10 years SOFREP has seen a lot of changes, but the mission remains the same. News and information you can trust from veteran writers.

A bogus Rand Report is going around claiming the US planned the entire Ukraine war prior to January 2022 to destroy both Russia and the economy of Europe. We detail why faked report done in a cartoonishly amateur way doesn’t really matter to people it is trying to convince.

A long-standing dispute over resources, borders, access, and mistrust renewed last week between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan neighbors.

Vladimir Putin is ensuring that new Russian T-90 main battle tanks are making their way to the battlefield despite harsh international sanctions against his nation.

Russia calls up 300,000 “Reservists.” Don’t think that this means 300,000 combat troops are going to the front. We explain what they are probably going to do with all these people if they can find them.

One day after Kremlin announced nationwide mobilization, citizens have various reactions on the call-to-arms.

Russia just up and left its second most important city, St. Petersburg.

Ukraine’s 24/7 warfare, targeting weak Russian positions and strategic outposts, it is undeniable at this point that Zelensky’s troops have made a massive dent in the war.

Experts are concerned that if Luhansk in Ukraine joins the Russian Federation that Ukraine’s troops battling to retake the region will then be invading Russian territory.” We take a look at these claims.

Russia’s newest Arctic artillery complex, dubbed “Magnolia,” has begun its mass production, as reported by news outlets last week.

Last week, leaders Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping met for the first time in-person since February at SCO summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.