Evening Brief: Bondi Beach Hanukkah Attack, Hamas Strike, Zelensky NATO Shift

From gunfire ripping through a Hanukkah crowd at Bondi Beach, to Hamas confirming the loss of a top commander under Israeli fire, to Zelensky signaling he will trade a NATO dream for enforceable security guarantees, December 14 delivered a blunt reminder that terrorism, war, and deterrence are colliding across continents at the same moment. It’s Sunday, December 14th, 2025. This is your SOFREP Evening Brief.

Morning Brief: Deadly Shooting at Brown, Gabbard’s Afghanistan Vetting Warning, Bangladesh Peacekeepers Killed in Abyei, and Gaza Power Struggles After Ceasefire

From Kabul evac fallout to a deadly ambush in Abyei and the mess of armed factions in Gaza, these stories all point to the same truth: rushed decisions and fragile ceasefires always get paid for by people standing post. Whether it’s Guard troops at home, peacekeepers abroad, or IDF units hunting bomb-makers, the work is still dirty, dangerous, and done without applause.

Evening Brief: Washington Flood Response, Army National Guard 388th Birthday, Ukraine Power Grid Attack, and UK Military Intelligence Overhaul

Floods in Washington, a brutal drone-and-missile strike in Ukraine, and a new UK intel superstructure all point to the same truth: when things go sideways, it’s the quiet professionals on watch, on shift, and on the ground who keep people alive. And on the Army National Guard’s 388th birthday, the message is simple: everyone loves the Guard the moment the mission gets real, because these citizen-soldiers show up, do the unsexy work, and hold the line.

Morning Brief: Grey Bull’s Venezuela Exfil, Peru’s K2 Tank Buy, and Ukraine’s Security Service Alpha Caspian Strike

Grey Bull Rescue founder Bryan Stern exfiltrated Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado in a donor-backed operation that treated high risk like routine. Meanwhile, Peru is buying K2 tanks and K808 armored vehicles from South Korea, and Ukraine’s SBU Alpha is linked in open-source reporting to a long-range drone strike claim against Russia’s Filanovsky Caspian oil infrastructure.