Airpower delays, Syria unrest, and Ukraine’s tech push. Get the full rundown in your SOFREP Morning Brief this Friday, July 18, 2025.

US president Donald Trump’s decision to ramp up arms shipments to Ukraine is a signal to Kyiv to abandon peace efforts, Russia said yesterday, vowing it would not accept the “blackmail” of ...

After early setbacks, Russian helicopter pilots shifted to low-altitude operations and high-angle indirect fire, known as ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday proposed a new prime minister and defence minister, part of a major cabinet ...

Trump made his remarks during a meeting with NATO’s secretary general, Mark Rutte, who has been coordinating efforts to send ...

An announcement by the Ukrainian president that he will seek to replace the prime minister with a loyalist came as the ...

The fearsome “Axis of Autocracies” bent on disrupting the U.S. led global order — China, Russia, Iran and North Korea — looks ...

On July 1, former Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov was convicted on charges of embezzlement and money laundering and ...

How Ukraine can cope with the US pause on crucial battlefield weapons Ukrainian authorities are enlisting European help to increase domestic military production as ...

The decision by the United States to pause some weapons shipments to Ukraine has come at a tough time for Kyiv: Russia’s bigger army is making a concerted push on parts of the roughly 1,000 ...