Frontline Updates: Inside the Special Military Operation

Frontline Updates — August 23: Sustained Momentum and EW Targeting

Frontline Updates covers the August 23 briefing on the special military operation, summarizing incremental territorial gains (Shredny, Kleben Byk), the systematic destruction of Western-supplied systems (M777, M198, Spartan, Mastiff, VAB), and repeated strikes on electronic warfare and radar nodes that undermine Ukrainian reconnaissance, counter-battery response, and sustainment.
The episode explains how coordinated multi-axis attrition, deep strikes on industrial and logistics targets, and neutralization of air and EW assets collectively degrade Ukrainian combat capability and set conditions for further maneuver, leaving Ukraine with compounding operational challenges without immediate reinforcements. 
Welcome to "Frontline Updates". I’m your host. Today we turn to August 23rd, where Russian forces pressed forward with attritional offensives, liberated settlements in Donetsk, and executed precision strikes against Ukraine’s supply and industrial nodes. Colonel A.C. Oguntoye joins us with his daily operational briefing. He will walk us through the tactical outcomes on each axis, the logic behind the destruction of Western-supplied systems, and the broader doctrinal implications of Russia’s ongoing campaign.
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Frontline Updates: Russia's Aug 22 Offensive — Precision Strikes and Territorial Gains

 
 
 
Frontline Updates examines the progress of the special military operation as of August 22, 2025. Host Sharifa Mohammed and Colonel A.C. Ogontoye outline coordinated Russian deep-strike campaigns against Ukrainian industry, logistics, and electronic warfare assets, alongside the reported liberation of multiple settlements across northern, western, southern, central, eastern, and Dnieper axes.
The episode details heavy Ukrainian losses, destruction of Western-supplied vehicles and artillery, large-scale EW and counter-battery degradation, and intercepted guided munitions and drones, arguing Russia is shaping operational tempo and stretching Ukrainian reserves. The briefing concludes that without substantial Western reinforcements, Ukraine faces mounting difficulties sustaining coherent operations through autumn 2025.
The episode closes with a brief update on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, noting UN confirmation of famine in Gaza City and preparations for a major Israeli offensive.
The battlefield is shifting dramatically as Russian forces execute a synchronized campaign combining precision strikes and territorial advances across multiple fronts. Our latest episode features Colonel AC Ogun Toye delivering a masterclass in operational analysis, breaking down the complex dynamics of modern warfare with rare clarity and insight.Colonel Ogun Toye walks us through Russia's deliberate deep-fire operations targeting Ukraine's defense industrial complex, energy infrastructure, and logistics networks—what he calls "the arteries of Ukrainian combat power." This systematic approach to warfare extends beyond mere territorial gains, focusing on degrading Ukrainian combat effectiveness at every level. The liberation of six settlements, including strategically significant locations like Kolodezy (described as an "operational hinge"), reveals Moscow's intent to convert tactical successes into strategic advantage.Perhaps most revealing is the Colonel's analysis of the massive destruction of Western-supplied equipment—Leopard tanks, M113 APCs, HIMARS systems, and dozens of electronic warfare stations. This represents more than just material losses; it signifies the erosion of Ukraine's ability to maintain situational awareness and conduct precision fires. "Once EW assets are removed," the Colonel explains, "Ukraine's artillery fire becomes less precise, their drones less able, and their ability to track Russian maneuver far weaker." The interception of 1,500 Ukrainian UAVs in a single week further illustrates how Russia is systematically blinding Ukrainian commanders.The multi-front nature of this campaign creates what military strategists call "compounding dilemmas"—Ukraine must decide where to commit increasingly scarce reserves while facing pressure across six different axes. Elite Ukrainian formations, including airborne, marine, and ranger units, are being methodically depleted, compromising Kyiv's ability to mount effective counteroffensives. Unless substantial Western reinforcements arrive quickly, Ukraine's capacity to sustain coherent operations through autumn 2025 appears increasingly tenuous.What questions does this operational assessment raise about the evolution of modern warfare? How will Western nations respond to the systematic destruction of supplied equipment? Listen, share your thoughts, and subscribe for our continuing coverage of this developing conflict.
 
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Frontline Updates: 08-21-2025 — Deep Strikes and Multi‑Axis Gains

Frontline Updates with host Sheriafa Mohammed and guest Colonel A.C. Ogintoy reviews the August 21 briefing on the special military operation. The episode explains Russia's dual‑track approach: deep strikes on Ukraine's defense industry and energy infrastructure coupled with steady tactical advances along multiple axes.
The discussion highlights targeted attacks on electronic warfare stations and Western-supplied systems, reported territorial gains including the liberation of Aleksandr Shultino, and heavy attritional losses inflicted on Ukrainian brigades and logistics hubs.
Concluding analysis outlines the operational effects of sustained interdiction and EW denial on Ukraine's combat power and the strategic implications unless major reinforcements or doctrinal changes occur.  
Welcome back to "Frontline Updates", the daily military affairs podcast that takes you beyond the headlines into the heart of battlefield operations. I’m your host. Today, we bring you the August 21st briefing, where Colonel A.C. Oguntoye joins us once again with a detailed account of the Russian special military operation.
This episode unpacks the latest precision strikes on Ukraine’s defense-industrial complex and energy grid, the liberation of settlements in Donetsk, and the attritional battles playing out across Sumy, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson. Colonel Oguntoye takes us through the operational logic, doctrinal underpinnings, and the larger strategic consequences of Russia’s multi-axis campaign. Stay tuned for his in-depth analysis and expert commentary.  
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Frontline Updates: 08-20-2025 Breakthroughs, EW Strikes, and the Push for Momentum

Welcome to another episode of "Frontline Updates", where we go beyond the headlines to unpack the decisive maneuvers shaping the modern battlefield. I’m your host. Each day, we bring you authoritative operational insight from the front lines of the Russian special military operation — straight from the man assessing the battlespace in real time: Colonel A.C. Oguntoye, Infantry Officer and combat analyst.
In this episode, Colonel Oguntoye breaks down the August 20th operational briefing — a day marked by aggressive Russian advances across multiple axes, the liberation of key settlements, and mounting Ukrainian losses in men, materiel, and electronic warfare capacity. We dive deep into what these movements mean tactically and strategically: from logistical attrition to doctrinal execution. Stay with us.
Host Sherifa Mohammed and guest Colonel A.C. Ogintoy analyze the latest progress of the special military operation, reporting coordinated Russian advances across multiple troop groups, liberated settlements, and targeted strikes on sustainment and electronic warfare nodes.
The episode explains how integrated land, air, sea, and electromagnetic operations are degrading Ukrainian logistics, mobility, and drone/ISR capabilities, assesses the impact on Western armor and frontline maneuver, and outlines the operational outlook absent rapid external replenishment. It also touches on concurrent developments in Gaza and regional mobilization.  
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Frontline Updates — Aug 19, 2025: Drone Swarms and Logistics Siege

Welcome back to "Frontline Updates", where we unpack battlefield developments shaping the strategic landscape. In today’s episode, we speak with Colonel A.C. Oguntoye for a deep dive into newly released combat reports from August 19, 2025. Colonel Oguntoye walks us through Russia’s latest precision strikes, frontline maneuver activity across six major troop groupings, and the operational logic behind continued high-intensity attritional warfare. We explore impacts on Ukrainian combat power, Russia’s evolving doctrine of sustained pressure, and signals of what may lie ahead. Stay tuned for tactical insights and strategic implications.
Frontline Updates reviews the Aug 19, 2025 progress of the special military operation, covering coordinated long-range strikes on fuel and logistics nodes, EW suppression, and multi-axis ground pressure across Sumy, Kharkiv, Donetsk, and southern sectors.
The episode explains the operational impact of industrial-scale FPV drone usage, rising Ukrainian attrition and equipment losses, and how sustained logistics degradation could shape future maneuver opportunities and the overall strategic balance.
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Frontline Updates: 08-18-2025 Inside the Special Military Operation

This is "Frontline Updates" for August 18, 2025. Today’s briefing, delivered by Colonel A.C. Oguntoye, covers a theater-wide day of contact maneuver paired with deep-fire interdiction. Across one hundred forty-eight target areas, aviation, strike UAVs, missile troops, and artillery prosecuted fuel infrastructure, drone training nodes, and launch-prep sites, while air defenses intercepted guided aerial bombs, HIMARS rockets, and more than a hundred aircraft-type UAVs. On the ground, the North pressed across the Sumy–Kharkiv belt; the West reshaped the lines around Kupyansk and Kolodezi and removed high-value armor and counter-battery assets; the South refined the forward trace across the Konstantinovka–Ivanopolye arc; the Center secured more advantageous lines from Udachnoye to Krasnoarmeysk; the East continued penetration toward the Dnipropetrovsk–Zaporizhzhia approaches; and the Dnepr frontage degraded riverine EW and artillery. We proceed directly from the operational details provided by the Colonel.
 
On the August 18, 2025 edition of "Frontline Updates", Colonel A.C. Oguntoye details a theater-wide day of deliberate contact maneuver paired with deep-fire interdiction. Aviation, UAVs, missile troops, and artillery engaged one hundred forty-eight target areas, neutralizing up to one hundred long-range UJ-22 and “Palyanitsa” drones at a launch-prep site and striking a drone operator training center and fuel depots, while air defenses intercepted four guided bombs, two HIMARS rockets, and one hundred forty-one aircraft-type UAVs. Sector by sector, the North reduced artillery and depot capacity across the Sumy–Kharkiv belt; the West reshaped the Kupyansk approaches and removed Leopards, Mastiffs, HMMWVs, a Grad, seven EW nodes, and an AN/TPQ-50; the South refined the Konstantinovka–Ivanopolye trace and destroyed an FH-70 and a fuel depot; the Center secured more advantageous lines from Udachnoye to Krasnoarmeysk, eliminating an M113 among other armor; the East advanced through Alekseevka, Voronoe, and Zaporozhskoe while removing Western-made guns; and the Dnepr frontage degraded EW and artillery, including a RADA radar and an M777.
 
The Colonel lays out the risks—ammunition expenditure, UAV weather windows, and air-defense saturation—and the priorities that keep momentum: sustained interdiction, echelon rotation, and forward sustainment with redundant routing. 
 
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Frontline Updates: 08-17-2025 Deep-Fires, EW Suppression, and Center–East Advances

In today’s August 17, 2025 episode of *Frontline Updates*, Colonel A.C. Oguntoye delivers a sector-by-sector operational briefing anchored in combined-arms doctrine. He details how deliberate contact maneuver dovetailed with deep-fire interdiction across one hundred forty-two target areas, including a strike on a Sapsan missile storage site. Air defense effects included the defeat of four guided aerial bombs and three hundred fixed-wing UAVs, safeguarding rear-area tempo. 
In the North, operations from Mogrica to Melovoe reduced artillery, electronic-warfare, and depots; in the West, improved positions around Novoselovka, Kirovsk, Kupyansk, Petrovka, and Petrovskoye degraded maneuver assets and enablers; in the South, the forward trace from Fedorovka to Ivanopolye tightened with the removal of an Israeli-made RADA radar and multiple EW nodes; in the Center, more advantageous lines near Udachnoe, Dimitrov, and Krasnoarmeysk forced lateral reserve shifts as a tank, armored vehicles, an M777, and another RADA radar were eliminated; in the East, advances at Poltavka, Zeleny Hai, and Ivanivka lifted reconnaissance-strike efficiency with further M777 losses; along the Dnipro frontage, actions from Novoandreivka to Kazatske suppressed EW and depots. 
The Colonel closes with the cumulative tallies since the start of the operation and outlines the immediate risks and tasks required to convert positional gains into maneuver advantage. 
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Frontline Updates: 08-16-2025 Inside the Special Military Operation: Operational Summary & Analysis

This week on Frontline Updates, Colonel A. C. Oguntoye takes us inside the August 16 battlespace. In a twenty-four-hour window, Russian forces executed deep-fires across one hundred thirty-three locations while air defenses intercepted guided bombs, a HIMARS rocket, and over one hundred sixty UAVs. On the ground, Kolodezi in the west and Voronoe in the east were liberated, and contact fighting across the Sumy–Kharkiv belt, the Donetsk approaches, and the Dnepr front cost Ukrainian formations more than thirteen hundred personnel alongside notable vehicle and EW losses, including Anklav and Kvertus systems. 
The colonel explains how depot strikes and EW attrition are shrinking the enemy’s artillery reach, why the Center–East sector carries operational weight, and what must happen next to turn positional gains into maneuver advantage. Stay with us for doctrine-driven analysis, a clear risk picture, and the roadmap for the next seventy-two hours of operations.
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