The Ukraine War, Lessons Learned
One year into the Russo-Ukraine War, SOFREP goes over the lessons learned in this conflict so far.
Security
China to Blinken: No Apologies for the US, As China Calls Out US for ‘Abuse of Force’
Tensions between the United States and China have escalated since the US shot down a balloon near South Carolina’s coast that they claimed to be a spy device. China has maintained that the balloon was not intended for espionage.
US Should Watch Out for China’s Rapid Expansion in the Arctic
There had been an outrage in Washington when Chinese ships sailed near the Arctic last autumn, even though they had broken no rules and crossed no borders.
The Uvalde Disaster: Revisited
I believe the entire story behind the events that occurred at Robb Elementary has yet to be discovered. We definitely know more now than we did when I wrote the last article on June 16. I’d like for you as readers to take away two points today.
The “Flying Chernobyl,” Russia’s Nuclear Powered Cruise Missile, called The Burevestnik
One of the newest developments for Kremlin’s threat and deterrence strategy is the 9M730 Burevestnik (NATO codename SSC-X-9 Skyfall); a nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed cruise missile with potential unlimited range that has Western analysts worried.
Russian National Charged with Conspiring With Left Wing Groups to Act as Illegal Agents of the Russian Government
Several radical Left-wing groups were unindicted co-conspirators in a federal case against a Russian national working on a years-long campaign of malign political influence in the US
The SEAL Team 6 Rescue of Philip Walton and the Demonstration Effect
The US intelligence tracked Walton down in Northern Nigeria, and the SEAL Team 6 was assigned to the rescue mission.
Will Record US Inflation Make it Harder to for Ukraine to Win Against Russia?
“A price cap on Russian oil is one of our most powerful tools to address the pain that Americans and families across the world are feeling at the gas pump and the grocery store right now,” she noted.
Blinken Asks Russia for Immediate Halt of Forced Deportations, ‘Filtration’ of Ukrainians
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken demanded that Russia end its “filtration” system, which has resulted in the forcible expulsion of thousands of Ukrainians living in Russian-occupied territory. Blinken referred to this practice as a “war crime.”
US and Israel Vow: ‘Iran Will Not Be Allowed to Become a Nuclear Power’
Iran is actively embroiled in oblique bargaining with the US to reinstate the country’s nuclear deal from 2015 with other global powers.
UK Will Send $1.2 Billion more in Weapons to Ukraine
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced during a NATO conference in Madrid that the United Kingdom will send an additional one billion pounds (or 1.2 billion USD or 1.16 billion EUR) in military assistance to Ukraine.
Canada Pledges $4.9 Billion to Upgrade NORAD Air Defenses to Counter Russian Missiles
Anand mentioned the annexation of Ukraine by Russia as one of the reasons investments are being made at this time in Canada.
