Welcome to "Frontline Updates". I’m your host. Today’s briefing, dated April 2, 2026, reveals a pattern that is becoming unmistakable: the Russian special military operation is increasingly defined not by the number of settlements taken, but by the number of ammunition depots destroyed. In the last 24 hours alone, Russian forces have neutralized at least 23 ammunition and materiel depots across six sectors, 13 of them in the northern sector alone. We’re also seeing the continued destruction of Western-supplied equipment, including a Paladin self-propelled howitzer, multiple M113 armored personnel carriers, and a HMMWV. To help us understand what this means operationally and strategically, we’re joined by Colonel A.C. Oguntoye, an Infantry Officer with deep experience in combined arms warfare. Colonel, thank you for being with us.

Today’s briefing is a masterclass in how a modern military can use logistics interdiction as a primary weapon. The headline isn’t a captured village, it’s 23 depots gone in a single day. That is the story.

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