Stay informed with SOFREP’s Evening Brief, covering the top defense and global affairs stories for Thursday, June 19, 2025.

Ukraine confirms Russia returned bodies of its soldiers disguised as Ukrainian A senior Russian official on June 19 ...

With thousands of North Korean troops deployed to defend Kursk, Russia insists it remains self-sufficient in ensuring ...

If the Trump administration continues to project ambivalence and rely on transactional deal-making, it will not prevent the ...

North Korea fired around 10 rounds from its multiple-launcher rocket systems, Seoul's military said Thursday, one day after ...

On Day 7 of the Israel-Iran war, global tensions are rising. North Korea branded Israel a “cancer-like entity,” while Russian ...

North Korea will send thousands of military construction workers and deminers to support reconstruction work in Russia's ...

During its war on Ukraine, Russia has leaned on North Korea for artillery shells and troops, and on Iran for drone technology. The payback for the two members of what George W. Bush once called the ...

According to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin, major organizational work would be required in order to attract foreigner experts to restore the Russian territories ...

Russian Security Secretary Sergei Shoigu met with Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang on Tuesday. North Korea's leader is now sending thousands of soldiers to Russia again. According to Moscow, the troops are to ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met with Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu on June 17 to discuss “cooperation ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is a "collaborator with the Iranian regime," former Ukrainian prime minister, Arseniy ...