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On a single volatile Sunday, Moldova votes under disinformation crossfire with fraud claims ricocheting across Telegram, New York’s mayoral race snaps into a Mamdani–Cuomo knife fight after Eric Adams bows out, and a Michigan LDS congregation endures gunfire and flames in its sanctuary. It’s Sunday Evening, September 28th, 2025. This is your SOFREP Evening Brief.

From Kyiv’s 12-hour drone-missile hammering to Trump’s threat to put troops on Portland streets and Lavrov’s UN vow of a “decisive response” after Zapad-2025, the board looks like a powder magazine where one spark could light three fuses at once. It’s Sunday, September 28th, 2025. Welcome to your SOFREP Morning Brief.

As Trump pushes a Gaza ceasefire-for-hostages deal with an Arab-backed stabilization force, Sahel juntas walk out on the ICC in the name of “sovereignty,” and Kim races to crack ICBM re-entry—hard power is edging out referees. It’s Saturday, September 27th, 2025. This is your evening brief.

At Bagram, the Taliban lazily read the paper while the almighty hand of Trump reaches for the lease—and the runway remembers how to roar.

Three fully armed Russian MiG-31s knifed six miles into Estonian airspace toward Tallinn, only to be met by Finnish Hornets and Italian F-35s that herded them out—a brazen, ill-timed probe likely to trigger NATO Article 4 talks and stiffen Western resolve at the worst moment for Putin.

We became the heirs of liberty who preached equality while conquering, cleansing, and corralling a people we called “savages,” and the question still hangs in the air: will we learn from that betrayal—or repeat it?

As Washington plays chicken with the shutdown clock, Congress brawls over slapping the Moore name back on Benning, and the U.N. snaps sanctions onto Iran—politics colliding with hard power, all at once. Welcome to Saturday, September 27th, 2025. This is your SOFREP Morning Brief.

CTE confirmed in NYC shooter, UN rejects Iran delay, EU plans anti-drone wall. Here’s what’s making headlines this Friday evening.

Anduril is turning Taiwan’s defense from a slow parade of big steel into a swarm-era factory line—eyes in the sky, teeth on target, and a local brain that decides faster than the other guy can swear.

After the winter rains, the Shia south unfurled like a green flag—desert lakes flashing in the morning sun, children in new clothes racing our convoys, vendors offering kabobs, and every smile saying the same thing: Saddam is gone.

Trump blocks annexation, Navy retires mine ship, India buys 97 Tejas jets. Your SOFREP intel drop for Friday, September 26, 2025.

Hegseth calls rare military meeting, Dallas ICE attack probed, Iran test suspected. Here’s what’s making headlines this Thursday evening.