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Ceding Ukrainian land to Russia would not only violate Ukraine’s sovereignty and international law, but also reward aggression, embolden further expansionism, and undermine the global order the U.S. and its allies are bound to defend.
Putin’s so-called “peace” plan looks more like a land-grab ransom note, India’s arms-buying drama has officials shouting “fake news,” forty million Americans are sweating through a hellish heat dome, Zelensky’s drawing a hard line in the dirt, and in Lebanon, a Hezbollah-linked blast just reminded everyone how quickly things can go boom. Welcome to your Sunday Morning Brief. It’s August 10th, 2025
From Alaska to London, the past 48 hours saw Zelensky slam a Trump-Putin “peace” plan, gunfire wound three in Times Square, Nagasaki warn the world on nuclear war’s brink, Germany curbs arms to Israel over Gaza, and hundreds in the UK are hauled off for backing a banned pro-Palestinian group. This is the world we live in, today, August 9th, 2025.
In Ukraine’s war, Elon Musk’s satellites shifted from lifeline to leverage, and that power—once a gift—became a weapon of his choosing.
The Grim Reaper leaned on his scythe, watching the so-called peace talks take shape, like a bartender who knows last call might finally be coming.
America’s two-party system is a rigged casino where the house always wins, and the house is owned by corrupt lifers, corporate lobbyists, and political cowards selling your future by the pound.
From high-stakes diplomacy in Alaska and a firm Mexican stand on sovereignty, to the loss of an American space legend, the death of a Marine-turned-cop in Atlanta, and the capture of a Montana bar gunman, this week’s headlines read like a collision of history, heroism, and hard reality.
From medals for heroism at Fort Stewart to Germany freezing arms to Israel and more. Welcome to your Friday evening brief for August 8, 2025.
Grammar matters and can even piss off Special Forces guys. We just don’t like having or hearing our unit’s name misused, borrowed, or stolen.
(The following tribute was co-authored with Frumentarius by semi-regular contributor to this space, John Martin, with contribution also from Brandon Webb. John is the Republican county clerk of Crawford County, Missouri, and a historian who has specialized in Naval Special Warfare (NSW) history for over 15 years.) At the end of his book, Unleash the […]
We thought drone warfare would be the future—turns out, it was the present all along, and we just didn’t recognize the buzz of change until it hovered over the tree line, camera rolling.
Kick off your Friday with SOFREP’s Morning Brief – the latest on defense and global affairs, August 8, 2025.
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