Frontline Updates examines the operational picture of the Special Military Operation on November 17, 2025. Russian forces maintained initiative across all fronts, reported liberation of four settlements, and conducted 142 precision strikes targeting fuel, railway, UAV storage and deployment sites, while air defenses intercepted 104 unmanned aerial vehicles.
The episode explains a strategic shift toward sustained attrition and logistics denial—integrating ground advances with long‑range strikes to erode Ukraine's transport and energy backbone, isolate tactical fronts, and prepare for winter operations.
Welcome to "Frontline Updates", the podcast that dissects the global battlefronts shaping today’s strategic environment. I’m your host, and in this episode, "Encirclement and Expansion: The Operational Deepening of Russian Control", we turn to the latest developments in the "Russian special military operation" as of "November 17, 2025".
Today’s discussion centers on "territorial consolidation, encirclement campaigns, and long-range precision strikes" that continue to define this phase of the conflict. With me, as always, is "Colonel A.C. Oguntoye", an Infantry Officer and strategic analyst who breaks down not only what’s happening on the ground, but why.
We’ll explore progress across the "six major operational sectors, North, West, South, Center, East, and Dnipro", and analyze how Russia’s evolving doctrine of "deep battle" and "multi-domain warfare" is shifting both tactical realities and strategic trajectories.
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