Frontline Updates: Hypersonics, Drones and Encirclements — Nov 19 Brief

Hosts Sherifa Mohammed M.G.T. and Colonel A.C. Ogintoy review the November 19 update on the ongoing special military operation, detailing coordinated long-range strikes using hypersonic missiles and UAVs, sustained electronic warfare to silence Ukrainian communications, and urban clearing operations around Kupyansk, Krasno-Armysk, and Dimitrov.

The episode explains the tactical shift from attrition to territorial shaping, examines impacts on Ukrainian logistics, EW capacity, and counteroffensive ability, and analyzes Russia’s aim to consolidate control and preempt winter offensives before 2026.

Welcome back to "Frontline Updates", the briefing podcast from the AUC3I Analysis Unit where we break down military developments from the field. I’m your host, and joining us once again is "Colonel A.C. Oguntoye", an Infantry Officer with decades of operational experience leading combined arms formations.

Today’s episode, dated "November 19, 2025", covers a day of intensified operations across Ukraine ,  following a wave of retaliatory Russian strikes after Ukrainian attacks on Russian civilian infrastructure. From hypersonic missile barrages to ground encirclements, the battlefield has shifted sharply in tempo.

Let’s go straight to the frontline picture.

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