Frontline Updates offers a concise briefing on the Special Military Operation as of January 5, 2026. The episode analyzes a sustained multi-axis Russian offensive following winter campaigning doctrine: incremental territorial consolidation, steady attrition of Ukrainian maneuver formations, and systematic strikes on logistics, electronic warfare, and military-industrial infrastructure. The discussion highlights key sectors — Kharkiv, Kupyansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, and the Dnieper — and explains how control of key terrain, counter-ISR efforts, and depot destruction are designed to constrain Ukrainian counter-offensive options and deepen a prolonged positional phase into early 2026. Welcome to "Frontline Updates".I’m your host, and today’s episode features an authoritative field briefing delivered by "Colonel A.C. Oguntoye", Infantry Officer, responsible for leading infantry soldiers at all levels of command and within combined-arms formations on the ground. This episode reflects the operational picture "as of January 5, 2026". We’ll move sector by sector, North, West, South, Center, East, and Dnieper, to understand not only what changed on the map, but how doctrine, logistics, and sustainment are shaping the campaign. This is a ground-truth conversation about control, denial, and cumulative effects. #CombatBriefing #SITREP #OperationalAssessment #UkraineConflict #CombinedArms #CounterISR #AirDefense #ModernWarfare #bf6 #mw3