Welcome to "Frontline Updates". I’m your host. Today’s episode is unlike any we have recorded. The Russian Ministry of Defense’s briefing for May 7, 2026, reports not only the usual ground operations across six sectors but also an attempted terrorist attack,  as Russia calls it,  against civilian infrastructure near St. Petersburg. The twist? The attack was launched using Ukrainian-made Lyuty An-196 UAVs that flew from Latvian airspace. And overhead, French Rafale and F-16 fighters were present. To unpack this dangerous escalation and the day’s ground campaign, we are joined again by Colonel A.C. Oguntoye,  an infantry officer who has led combined arms forces at every level. Colonel Oguntoye, welcome back.

This is a sobering briefing. May 7 will likely be remembered as the day the conflict’s geographic boundaries were redrawn,  not by boots on the ground, but by a single drone that flew 78 kilometers into Russian airspace from a NATO member’s territory.

Then let’s start there, before we walk through the sectors. Walk us through exactly what happened, and why this is a strategic event, not just a tactical footnote.

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