As Trump trades blows with Musk, Russia rains missiles on Kyiv, and Israel pounds Beirut’s suburbs, the world feels less like a chessboard and more like a powder keg with a lit fuse. Welcome to Friday, June 6, 2025, here is your morning brief.
When Ukraine launched Operation Spiderweb, it didn’t just cross into Russian airspace—it rewrote the whole playbook and sent Moscow scrambling to find the pages.
Stay on top of the news with the SOFREP Evening Brief: Top updates on defense and global affairs for Friday, May 30, 2025.
The Trump administration just swung a wrecking ball through Washington’s national security and energy playbooks—gutting the NSC, greenlighting battlefield-ready nuclear reactors, and watching Kyiv burn under Russian missiles all in the same 48 hours. Welcome to Saturday May 24th, 2025, this is your SOFREP morning brief.
As Russia plays hardball in the Baltic, Zelensky pushes for diplomacy in Rome, and Israel walks a tightrope between security and starvation in Gaza, the global chessboard is starting to feel more like a minefield.
Russia showed up to peace talks in Istanbul with demands so unrealistic they read more like a blueprint for Ukraine’s surrender than a genuine path to peace.
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.
The S8000 Banderol is what you get when a cash-strapped Kremlin raids the global hobby shop and slaps a warhead on it.
Good Morning! Welcome to Sunday, May 11th, 2025. This is your SOFREP Morning Brief: Putin calls for direct peace talks in Istanbul just as Ukraine and its allies—including President Trump—push for a 30-day ceasefire, while SECDEF Hegseth dismantles DEI at U.S. service academies and Russia flaunts its battlefield alliance with North Korea in a bold propaganda campaign.
Russia’s Zircon missile hits Mach 8—faster than any U.S. weapon. Can America catch up before defenses become obsolete?
Kick off your Friday with SOFREP’s Morning Brief, featuring key defense and global affairs stories for May 9, 2025.
The world just spent $2.7 trillion gearing up for war—are we prepping for peace, or just getting better at breaking things?
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