Ukraine

Evening Brief: Israel Takes out Hezbollah Leader in Lebanon, Trump Calls Ukraine Ungrateful Again, Royal Navy Intercepts Russian Ships in English Channel

On a weekend when Israel took out Hezbollah’s military brain in Beirut, Trump hammered Kyiv as “ungrateful” while peace negotiators in Geneva pushed a bruising plan on Ukraine, and HMS Severn slid up alongside Russian warships in the English Channel, you could feel the whole security picture from the Levant to the North Atlantic tightening like a ratchet. It’s Sunday November 23rd, 2025. Here is your SOFREP Evening Brief.

Morning Brief: Marjorie Tayler Greene Keeps Her Base, US, EU and Ukrainian Officials Meet in Geneva, Grizzly Bear Mauls Schoolchildren in British Columbia

In a week that saw Marjorie Taylor Greene break with Trump without losing her home turf, diplomats in Geneva fight to keep Ukraine from bending past the breaking point, and teachers in Bella Coola stand between children and a charging grizzly, the through line was simple: pressure reveals who still shows up when it counts. It’s Sunday, November 23rd 2025. This is your SOFREP Morning Brief

Estonian Mark 1 Missiles for “Ending This Madness”

Estonia’s Frankenberg Technologies is betting that its AI guided, “good enough” Mark 1 mini missile, built cheap and in huge numbers, is the practical way to swat Russian drones out of NATO skies without going bankrupt.

Morning Brief: Trump Drops Tariffs on Some Foods, Man Executed by Firing Squad in South Carolina, Belgium Halts Ukrainian Lifeline

As Trump scrambles to ease grocery costs by cutting food tariffs, South Carolina presses ahead with another firing squad execution, and Europe’s $200 billion Ukraine rescue package stalls in Belgium, three very different fronts show how political pressure is reshaping hard choices at home and abroad. Welcome to Saturday, November 15th, 2025. This is your SOFREP Morning Brief.

Trump, Orbán, and the Price of Peace in Ukraine

Watching Pokrovsk ground to dust meter by meter, I see Washington and Budapest flirting with an alliance of convenience that would codify the stalemate into Western policy and rename exhaustion as realism.

Ukraine to Purchase JAS-39 Gripen Jet Fighters

At Saab’s Linköping plant on October 22, 2025, Zelensky and Kristersson unveiled a landmark deal to equip Ukraine with at least 100 Gripen fighters starting in 2026, a rugged highway-strip-capable fleet with long reach and low costs that signals Europe is serious about beating back Russian aggression.

The Human Safari in Ukraine

Russia’s war in Kherson has descended into a sport of civilian hunting; a moral collapse broadcast online for the world to ignore.

Evening Brief: Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant Under Repair, Tenth Hostage Body Returned, Army Colonel is New President of Madagascar

In a week when a rare frontline truce let crews re-string Zaporizhzhia’s lifeline and Gaza’s fragile ceasefire yielded a tenth fallen hostage, Madagascar’s colonel-turned-president took the oath while the crowds that toppled Rajoelina wait to see if power, water, and promises finally show up. It’s Saturday, October 18th, 2025. This is your evening brief.