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Latest Ukraine stories, analysis, and updates from SOFREP.
While the world’s eyes are fixed on the Middle East, Ukraine is slugging it out in a no-holds-barred brawl with Russia, trading drones, artillery, and defiance in a fight that’s shaping the future far beyond its borders.
Military supremacy might win battles, but it can’t untangle the centuries of blood, belief, and bitterness that fuel these wars—and that’s the hard truth no arsenal can fix.
Ukraine isn’t nibbling at the edges anymore—they’re punching Moscow in the teeth and daring them to bite back.
Negotiating with Putin isn’t about finding common ground over chamomile tea—it’s about dragging a bare-knuckle brawler into a ring where losing means he walks out missing teeth, not territory.
Clause VI of the Ukraine minerals deal quietly transforms blown-up Patriot launchers into phantom investments, setting taxpayers up for a billion-dollar fleecing that won’t show up until the ink is dry and the cash is long gone.
Good Morning. Here is the SOFREP Daily Brief for Saturday, May 10th, 2025. As nuclear tensions flare between India and Pakistan, European leaders rally in Kyiv to push for peace, while the first American pope, Leo XIV, steps onto the world stage preaching diplomacy, unity, and moral clarity in a time of global upheaval.
Ukraine rewards soldiers with points for confirmed kills—redeemable for drones and weapons via a military Amazon-style marketplace.
Catch up with SOFREP’s Morning Brief for Sunday, May 4, 2025, covering the latest in defense and global affairs. In a historic week, Ukraine used missile-equipped sea drones to down Russian fighter jets over the Black Sea, Houthi rebels struck near Israel’s main airport in a rare breach of its air defenses, and Elon Musk’s Starbase took a major leap toward becoming an official city after a landslide vote by SpaceX-affiliated residents.
They tried to pass off Viktoriia’s mutilated corpse as an “unidentified male,” but no amount of Soviet-style paperwork can bury the fact that she was tortured, murdered, and returned like a mangled warning label on the cost of telling the truth.
The collapse of the London talks isn’t just a diplomatic setback—it’s a clear signal that the war for Ukraine’s future is entering a darker, more dangerous phase with no end in sight.
The U.S. withdrawal from Rzeszów signals not just a shift in logistics, but a broader retreat from its role as Ukraine’s primary arsenal, leaving Europe to shoulder the burden.
Why haven’t the Russians blown the Dnieper bridges? A deeper offensive may be coming—and the bridges could be key to crossing the line.
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