Good morning! SOFREP’s Morning Brief is back with the latest insights on defense and global affairs for Sunday, June 8, 2025.

One official told Reuters that while the timing remains unclear, a retaliatory strike could be expected in the coming days ...

Sources say it is expected to take place within days. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Polish President Karol Nawrocki opposes Ukraine's EU membership for now, citing national interests and highlighting ...

Vladimir Putin’s troops seized 507 sq km of Ukrainian territory last month, up from 379 sq km in April and 240 sq km in March ...

Russia claimed on Sunday that its forces had reached the border of Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region for the first time and ...

Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia hit "almost all of Ukraine" with strikes last night. There were fires in Kyiv and at least 49 people were injured across the country. It came just after Donald Trump ...

America is at present indispensable to European security. It provides a nuclear umbrella, has military capabilities not ...

Russian airstrikes have hit a children's train in a Ukrainian city park that's popular with families, with ...

China has traditionally viewed North Korea as a security buffer and an ideologically aligned neighbor it can dominate.