As your Monday winds down, catch up with SOFREP’s Evening Brief, offering essential updates on defense and global affairs for June 2, 2025. Tonight’s headlines at a glance: The FBI charged Mohammed Sabry Soliman with a hate crime for attacking a pro-Israel protest in Boulder with firebombs,

Ukraine attacks elite Russian unit base nearly 7,000km away in Vladivostok, source claims Ukraine ready for 2nd round of Istanbul talks but seeks Russian draft memo in advance, Yermak says Senate to 'start moving' Russia sanctions bill next week,

The United States has worked tirelessly with both Ukraine and Russia, seeking a path to peace. “We want an end to this war,” declared John Kelley, Acting U.S. Alternate Representative in remarks before the United Nations Security Council.

: Former German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock delivers her remarks at the United Nations in New York, 15 May 2025

International nonprofit organisation Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) said one of its vessels left the Italian port of Catania on Sunday, heading for Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid, after a previous attempt failed due to a drone attack on a separate ship in the Mediterranean.

UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo told the Security Council that the "cautious hope" she expressed a month ago has diminished in the face of recent aggressions.

The US representative to the United Nations told the UN Security Council on May 29 that the deal now on offer to end the war in Ukraine is the best possible outcome for Russia and President Vladimir Putin should take it.

Little hope for a ceasefire in UkrainePeace talks between Ukraine and Russia are supposed to kick off in Istanbul Monday, but the backdrop is anything but peaceful. Kyiv is reportedly proposing a 30-day ceasefire,