Israeli forces are currently attempting to encircle the Hezbollah garrison in the town of Naquora by bypassing them from the north and reaching the coast.

Heavy fighting is ongoing in the town of Chama which Israel has been trying to capture for three days now. The settlement is still in a grey zone, however.

On the eastern sector of the Lebanon front, I expanded the grey zone to include the southern part of Khiam. Israel has been attempting to capture this town for weeks, and recent reports state that fighting is ongoing in the southern buildings.

On the western axis of the Lebanon front, I expanded the grey zone to include most of the town Tayr Harfa, following footage that shows an Israeli tank advancing westwards down the main street.

It is possible that we will see a second attack vector from Aalma al Chaeb following the capture of part of the hills there, in order to encircle Hezbollah in the villages further south.

Geolocated footage indicates that Russian forces continue to advance in northern Toretsk, and have reached the Fomikha district.

After reversing Ukraine's progress in the city centre and capturing the community centre, Russian forces continued their assault operations and captured several more streets in the private sector, as well as the stadium.

As a result of this advance, they are getting very close to being able to bypass the remaining half of the city centre still under Ukrainian control and hit them from behind. Once the city centre falls, the main Ukrainian stronghold in the industrial zone will be under attack.

Ukraine responded by drone dropping three grenades on one Russian soldier, killing him.

A large garrison of Hezbollah fighters has been operationally encircled in southwestern Lebanon following an Israeli breakthrough to the ocean.

It is reported that one of the Kh-59 cruise missiles that was launched at Dnipro was actually a Kalibr missile launched from the waters of the Black Sea. If this is true, it presumably got mixed up by Ukrainian monitoring channels with the other cruise missile.

This would mean that there is now a total possible salvo from the Black Sea of 23 missiles, down from 24.

There are still 6 Kalibr missile-carriers in the Black Sea, including:
— 1 frigate of project 11356R "Admiral Makarov";
— 1 frigate of project 11356P "Admiral Essen";
— 4 submarine missile carriers of project 636.3

Geolocated footage indicates that Russian forces have advanced to the northwest of Bakhmut, and reached the outskirts of Orikhovo-Vasylivka.

This area was previously recaptured by Ukraine during their assault operations on the northern flank of Bakhmut during the 2023 counteroffensive, however recent Russian assaults appear to have retaken it.

The assaults involved a main attack towards the village where a position was taken up right outside the first houses on the outskirts, while other troops seized positions in the nearby treelines. In the main attack, artillery preparation was carried out on the Ukrainian held positions which Russia was aiming to capture, as well as at least 2 shells which landed on the same position inside the village, and 3 other shells which landed in various other parts of the eastern houses.

Russian infantry then advanced into the trenches, throwing grenades from firing positions to the Ukrainian held parts of the trenches. Small arms battles then broke out with the Ukrainians. Russian FPV drones struck many of the remaining Ukrainian soldiers in the trenches, resulting in killed and wounded.

The four surviving Ukrainian soldiers retreated from the trenches and fled to Orikhovo Vasylivka.

The video was posted on November 9th, showing that this assault took place a while ago.

+ ~2.08km² in favour of Russia

This was definitely some of the clearest and interesting footage of the war. It gives you a really good look into the realities of trench warfare assault operations.

If you're interested, here is the original footage:
https://news.1rj.ru/str/ARTILLERIUM/255

Recent reports from reliable sources suggest that Russian forces have likely advanced southwest of Ozarianivka and crossed the Siversky-Donets canal.

After establishing a small foothold on the western bank of the canal, Russian forces consolidated control over their positions. They now appear to have crossed the canal in another section, reportedly taking up positions in the trench fortifications there.

This is what northern Gaza looks like today

Over the past week, Ukrainian forces have been conducting successful limited counterattacks in the direction of Krasnyi Yar in the Pokrovsk direction.

This comes as Ukraine reportedly redeployed their 38th marine brigade from the Kherson direction to Pokrovsk city a couple of week ago.

After 1000 days since Russian-Ukrainian War began Russian Army currently control 86818 Sq Km, which corresponds to 14,38% of Ukraine (18,85% with Crimea Peninsula included):
- Donetsk People's Republic forces controls 17466 Km^2 (65,87% of Donetsk oblast)
- Luhansk People's Republic forces controls 26457 Km^2 (99,15% of Luhansk oblast)
Map: [ https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1V8NzjQkzMOhpuLhkktbiKgodOQ27X6IV&ll=48.50151992376607%2C34.38972071287864&z=6 ]

Recent reports from Hezbollah and Hezbollah affiliated media indicate that Israeli forces have made significant progress in the Khiyam direction of the Lebanon front and entered the eastern outskirts of Khiyam.

Following the initial failed attack on the town from the south, it appears that the IDF has switched to attacking it from the east as well as the south. The Hezbollah affiliated news outlet "Al-Manar" reported that Israeli forces were attacking from their positions in eastern Khiyam, deeper into the town, confirming their presence inside the eastern houses and in a spearhead connecting them to the main Israeli-held salient further south

Previous statements by Hezbollah on rocket attacks on groupings of IDF soldiers to the east of the town suggested that Israel was building up manpower concentrations east of Khiyam for some time, in preparation for an attack.

Meanwhile, heavy fighting continues in the southern part, however no confirmation has been received of any Israeli positions there.

The US embassy in Ukraine has warned that a significant Russian missile attack on Ukraine may take place on November 20th (today).

"The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv has received specific information of a potential significant air attack on November 20. Out of an abundance of caution, the Embassy will be closed, and Embassy employees are being instructed to shelter in place."

New reports state that Russian forces have continued offensive operations in central Chasiv Yar, and have taken a toehold in the refractory plant and a foothold in the stadium.

A Ukrainian soldier fighting in the Chasiv Yar direction reported that "heavy street fights" are ongoing.

The IDF reported that another soldier was killed in Gaza, bringing the total claimed death toll to 800.

Explosions were reported on the outskirts of Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast. A Russian KAB glide bomb struck the city.

Repeated launches

It landed in Druzhkivka, Donetsk Oblast

Recent reports state that Russian forces have broken through Ukrainian positions in Kurakhove and reached the city centre, occupying the grain elevators.

Rockets were launched from Lebanon in the direction of Qiryat Shmona, North-eastern Israel.