Welcome back to Frontline Updates. I'm your host. Today is February 23, 2026, and the Russian Ministry of Defense has released its daily briefing. The numbers are striking. In a single 24-hour period, Russian air defense forces reportedly intercepted 541 unmanned aerial vehicles. Five hundred and forty-one. That is nearly double the previous day's count of 326, and it represents a massive investment by Ukraine in drone warfare met by an equally massive defensive response. But that's not all. Twenty-one HIMARS rockets were intercepted, along with a Neptune cruise missile. And on the ground, Russian forces report destroying an Israeli-made RADA counter-battery radar, a system we haven't seen mentioned before in these briefings. To help us make sense of this data and what it tells us about the evolving character of the war, we are joined by Colonel A.C. Oguntoye. Colonel Oguntoye is an Infantry Officer with deep expertise in combined arms operations and the technological dimensions of modern warfare. Colonel, welcome back.

Today's briefing contains a wealth of information about the state of the air defense battle and the ongoing campaign to blind Ukrainian artillery. The 541 UAV intercepts demand our attention, but so does the continued destruction of Western-supplied systems and the expansion of deep strikes to 148 districts. Let's dive in."

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Welcome back to Frontline Updates. I'm your host. Today is February 22, 2026, and the Russian Ministry of Defense has released its daily briefing. The headline is a massive combined strike on Ukrainian military-industrial and energy infrastructure, a strategic opening to the day's operations. But as we dig into the ground sectors, a pattern emerges that demands our attention. In a single 24-hour period, Russian forces report destroying three US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radars and one AN/TPQ-36 radar. They also report destroying multiple Ukrainian 155mm artillery systems, including the domestically produced Bogdana and the Polish-supplied Krab. This is not random attrition. This is a systematic campaign to blind Ukrainian artillery and degrade its most capable systems. To help us understand the operational logic behind these strikes, we are joined by Colonel A.C. Oguntoye. Colonel Oguntoye is an Infantry Officer with deep expertise in combined arms operations and the artillery duel that defines this war. Colonel, welcome back.

Today's briefing is a masterclass in the application of operational art to the counter-battery fight. We're going to walk through each sector, but we'll keep coming back to this central theme: the effort to achieve artillery supremacy through the systematic destruction of Ukrainian sensors and shooters. Let's begin."

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Welcome back to Frontline Updates. I'm your host. Today is February 21, 2026, and the Russian Ministry of Defense has released its daily briefing. On the surface, we see familiar patterns: positional improvements in the North, the liberation of the village of Karpovka in Donetsk, and continued pressure across all sectors. But beneath the surface, today's briefing contains a significant development in the ongoing deep battle. Russian forces report destroying a HIMARS transporter-loader vehicle and damaging Flamingo long-range cruise missile launchers. This is not just another tally mark in the equipment column. This is a shift in the targeting paradigm, moving from intercepting munitions to attacking the launch systems themselves. To help us understand what this means for the operational art, we are joined by Colonel A.C. Oguntoye. Colonel Oguntoye is an Infantry Officer with deep expertise in combined arms operations and the evolving dynamics of this conflict. Colonel, welcome back.

Today's briefing contains a thread that, when pulled, reveals a great deal about how the Russian General Staff is thinking about the problem of Ukrainian deep strikes. We're going to follow that thread through each sector and into the operational-tactical domain. Let's begin.

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