Welcome back to The Restricted Handling Podcast, where we break down Russia’s battlefield moves, geopolitical gambits, cyber shenanigans, and late-stage-empire weirdness with high-energy storytelling. In today’s episode — “RH 11.14.25 | Russia: Fog Battles, Flamingo Strikes, Pokrovsk Tightens, Oil Chaos, Hybrid Heat” — we dive deep into one of the most chaotic 24-hour stretches of the war so far. If you’re tracking Russia’s offensive operations, Ukraine’s long-range strike evolution, the Kremlin’s latest pressure campaign, or the oil-market fallout rocking global energy, this is your must-listen briefing.

We kick off with Russia leaning into literal fog as a battlefield tactic, using zero-visibility conditions to sneak motorcycles, armored teams, and infiltration units toward Pokrovsk, Hulyaipole, Danylivka, and more. This isn’t recycled content — it’s a new chapter in Russia’s evolving operational design, with up to nine brigades pushing a 41-kilometer front. We unpack how Russian forces are trying to carve up key Ukrainian supply corridors while battling Ukraine’s defenses block by block.

Then we hit Pokrovsk: still contested, still brutal, and now even more precarious. Russian forces have edged further into the southern districts, Ukrainian troops are holding in the north, and the last logistical lifelines remain open — but strained. We give you the update on drone saturation, street-by-street combat, Zelensky’s stance on withdrawals, and what Ukrainian commanders on the ground are really seeing.

We dive into Ukraine’s game-changing long-range strike campaign, spotlighting the FP-5 Flamingo missile — a 3,000 km, 1,150-kg warhead cruise missile that lit up Russian targets from Oryol to Nizhnekamsk. Oil depots, command posts, radar sites, and UAV storage hubs all took hits, and we break down what these strikes mean for Russia’s rear-area vulnerabilities and shifting resource allocation.

From there, we walk through Russia’s massive retaliatory strike on Kyiv — a multi-district missile and drone attack that hit residential buildings, schools, hospitals, heating systems, and critical infrastructure across the capital. We talk through the human impact and the deeper operational significance behind this surge in long-range bombardment.

We also hit the global energy and sanctions angle: Lukoil’s international fire sale, one-third of Russia’s seaborne oil stuck in limbo, Novorossiysk explosions, and how sanctions hitting on November 21 are reshaping global crude flows.

Then it’s onto the Kremlin’s political messaging, Europe’s tightening stance, Ukraine’s corruption fallout, Russia’s expanding militarization of youth, deserter-hunting torture squads, GRU hacking arrests, and a Russian intel ship lurking by Hawaii.

If you want a fast-paced, sharp, insightful walkthrough of Russia’s past 24 hours — this is the episode. Share it, rate it, and get ready for more.