10 JUL 25 SITREP

1. Ukraine Conflict: Escalation & Strategic Collapse Risk

• Russia has intensified its offensive in eastern Ukraine using a “lava advance” strategy—slow, devastating, and aimed at attritional warfare
• Ukrainian forces are reportedly under pressure due to shortages of both weapons and manpower, exacerbated by limited conscription capacity and dwindling Western supplies
• A Ukrainian intelligence colonel, Ivan Voronich, was assassinated in Kyiv in what appears to be a targeted Russian operation against high-value internal assets
• Ukraine has increased calls for more Patriot missile systems, with Zelensky pressing US and European allies amid internal military and demographic exhaustion

• Senator Rand Paul criticized unchecked military aid to Ukraine and Israel, arguing it is being funded through debt and contributes to weakening national security
• Paul emphasized the US borrows money—primarily from China—to buy and give away weapons, which he called a betrayal of “America First” priorities
• The “Big Beautiful Bill” and upcoming defense authorization bills are under scrutiny for being backdoor expansions of military budgets under deficit spending
• The proposed “penny plan” for cutting spending—an across-the-board 6% reduction—was floated as a way to rein in fiscal chaos while preserving national programs

• The BRICS coalition (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) now represents over 50% of global population and 40% of global GDP—posing a direct challenge to US-led systems
• President Trump has responded with aggressive tariffs (up to 50%) targeting Brazil and the broader BRICS bloc, viewing their financial initiatives as attempts to dethrone the US dollar
• China’s use of Vietnam as a transshipment hub to dodge US tariffs is under scrutiny; meanwhile, BRICS alternatives to SWIFT, IMF, and COMEX are gaining traction
• Central banks worldwide are diversifying away from US Treasury bonds, increasing gold holdings as trust in the dollar wanes—a trend tied to sanctions and frozen Russian assets

FINAL WORD

While the global landscape is shifting, the United States is finally getting serious under Trump’s leadership. He’s confronting the BRICS threat head-on with tough tariffs, putting America—not globalist agendas—first.