Israeli special forces are currently storming the Palestinian cities of Qalqilya and Nablus in the West Bank simultaneously. Small arms clashes are breaking out in the Al-Ain refugee camp of Nablus.

This morning, a suicide drone launched from Yemen struck an open area near the city of Ashkelon.

Geolocated footage indicates that Russian forces have advanced in the Kurakhove direction and captured around half of Novodmytrivka.

Along with this advance, the Russians branched off to at least three nearby treelines from the south, likely from a separate attack vector from the one which went into the village.

This advance will further allow the Russians to get behind Ukrainian positions in Kreminna Balka and eventually Kurakhove.

A video has surfaced showing the moment a Ukrainian missile impacted what was reportedly an ammunition warehouse in Luhansk city.

2 Kh-31 missiles were launched at Odesa. They hit port infrastructure.

Geolocated footage and reliable reports indicate that Russian forces continue to make substantial progress on the South Donetsk front.

Geolocated footage shows a Russian soldier raising the Russian flag over the village of Yasna Polyana, confirming Russia's full control over the western part of the settlement. Reliable reports on the other hand, state that the village was fully captured, however I am yet to view visual confirmation of this.

Additional geolocated footage shows Russian infantry operating in Shakhtarske, confirming their control over the eastern streets, however, reliable reports suggest that they have gone further and occupied half of the village, including the post office.

Meanwhile further east, reliable reports suggest that Russian forces likely completed the capture of Novoukrainka, after crossing the chain of reservoirs. If true, this would put any Ukrainian formations that might still be to the east and southeast of Novoukrainka at a risk of encirclement.

Geolocated footage indicates that Russian forces have conducted another large-scale mechanised assault in the direction of Kurakhove, this time capturing the rest of the Dachas on the eastern outskirts of the city.

Three columns of vehicles advanced from Maksymilyanivka. The first consisted of 5 tanks and armoured vehicles. All five were damaged or destroyed by Ukrainian FPV drones and artillery. The second column moved through the same area as the first. It consisted of 4 tanks and armoured vehicles, of which at least 3 were damaged or destroyed. It is unknown what happened to the 4th one.

And finally, a third column advanced through the dachas itself, and spread out, laying suppressive fire on remaining Ukrainian positions. It is unknown how many vehicles were in this column, but 5 were damaged or destroyed by Ukrainian artillery and FPV drones. However, Russian infantry was able to dismount and take up positions in the dachas before the vehicles were destroyed.

The amount of artillery shells fired indicates that Ukraine has concentrated more artillery in the Kurakhove direction in an effort to stem the Russian advance.

+ 2.25km² in favour of Russia

Recent reports from reliable sources suggest that Russian forces have likely marginally advanced in the Lyman direction.

Following the capture of Novosadove, Russian infantry continued their offensive operations to the north of Terny, reaching the northern outskirts of the village. Under the cover of FABs, Russian forces then likely advanced into the first few houses of the village, establishing positions there.

+ ~0.57km² in favour of Russia

As of today, any remaining Ukrainian troops still in Kurakhivka are now in an operational encirclement.

https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/10/29/ukraine-is-now-struggling-to-survive-not-to-win
A lot of people are mad at this. Reading through other Pro-Ukrainian channels, people are calling the economist a Russian asset. Well that's funny, because I'm sure back in 2022 they would be saying the exact opposite during Ukraine's successful counteroffensives when the Economist was reporting on those. The information echochamber is real.