SOFREP in Ukraine, boots on the ground update

The situation here in Ukraine is one that is all too familiar with the promise of a new ceasefire that bears no weight. I think the problem is that when we think of the word ceasefire in the west, we think “no shooting, period.” Well, here in Ukraine it’s a word that is used very […]

ISIS car bomb in Syria kills at least 50

A car bomb claimed by ISIS detonated in a rebel held Syrian village on Friday, killing more than fifty people, 30 of whom were civilians.  The Aleppo Media Center and the UK-based Syrian Observatory both report that the death toll could exceed 60, but their accounts have yet to be confirmed. According to Turkey’s state-run […]

Jack Barsky: The KGB spy who lived the American dream

It’s no secret that the Russians have long tried to plant “sleeper agents” in the US – men and women indistinguishable from normal Americans, who live – on the surface – completely normal lives. But what happens when one of them doesn’t want to go home? Jack Barsky died in September 1955, at the age […]

Russia officially stands up its own cyber warfare troops

In a speech to the Russian parliament, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced the formation of a new information warfare branch of the Russian military, according to the Associated Press. The public announcement comes at a time of major, and not-so secret, military revitalization of the Russian military. Across their army, air force, and navy, the […]

SOFREP reporting from Ukraine: Ceasefire update

Monday, February 20th, the new ceasefire agreement is in full swing across the front line of Ukraine, but is it going to hold up? I was in one of the front-line villages in last few days, and the Russian-backed rebels have dropped everything on them from AGS (Automatic grenade launcher), 82mm mortars, 120mm mortars to Grad rockets. […]

Pentagon officials think Russia is testing Trump

According to some officials within the Pentagon, Russia’s recent aggression toward the United States has been a part of an effort to test President Trump’s response to such actions. In the past few weeks, the Russian military has deployed a new medium-range, nuclear capable ballistic missile in to an undisclosed location, a clear violation of […]

Munich Security Conference: Growing world concern over new administration

In Munich this weekend, the world’s top international security experts were attending the 53rd Munich Security Conference with more than 500 leaders debating the world’s international crisis’ and shaping the policy decisions which will affect the future of global civilization. On Friday, Senator John McCain addressed the conference and delivered some sobering warnings, stating, “My […]

Reporting from Ukraine: The New Ceasefire

So here we are again boys and girls another ceasefire in Ukraine, to be honest, I knew about this yesterday but I didn’t really see the point in writing something up on it. My reason for this is in the last 2 year of me being here on and off, I have heard the word “ceasefire” […]

The Asian Cold War has a space race, and India is about to take the lead

The United States and Russia have a long and illustrious history of competition that is best summed up as “war-adjacent.”  For decades, we competed with one another in battles of influence, economics, and even other nations’ armies, but when we think back to the Cold War, it’s hard not to think of the space race.  […]

Russia ups the ante on global aggression toward the U.S.

A Russian spy ship from their Northern Fleet currently sits about thirty miles off the coast of Groton, Connecticut; a strategic location that will allow them to observe operations at Naval Submarine Base New London, the U.S. Navy’s primary submarine installation on the East Coast.  United States territorial waters extend twelve nautical miles from the […]