Russia announced on Friday that its forces had recaptured another settlement in the Kursk region previously held by Ukraine, while Ukraine reported on the same day that it had repelled 22 Russian attacks in the region, according to official statements from both sides.
The Russian Defense Ministry specified in a statement that its forces had reclaimed the settlement of Goncharovka in Kursk. The ministry also reported that Russia has regained control of 28 settlements in western Kursk over the past week.
In addition, the Ukrainian armed forces have lost more than 260 service members, five armored personnel carriers, two combat armored vehicles, four artillery pieces, two mortars, and three UAV control points on the frontlines in Kursk over the past 24 hours, according to the ministry.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported Friday that its forces had repelled 22 Russian attacks in the Kursk region.
On the same day, Ukraine's State Border Guard Service stated that since Thursday, border forces had detected a Russian assault unit attempting to re-enter Sumy, a Ukrainian region bordering Russia's Kursk region. Ukrainian forces successfully intercepted the Russian unit in Sumy, resulting in 15 Russian soldiers killed and more than 10 wounded, forcing the unit to retreat.
Russia claims control of another settlement in Kursk, Ukraine reports repelling multiple attacks
Official data show that China's green and low-carbon development has steadily progressed and yielded remarkable outcomes in the first quarter of 2025, contributing to the country's high-quality growth.
A set of the first quarter's value-added tax (VAT) invoice data released by the State Taxation Administration last Friday reflected growth momentum in the industries, optimized energy structure, growing investment in environmental protection and energy conservation, and higher energy efficiency.
In the first three months, the combined sales revenue of green and low-carbon industries in China increased by 13.6 percent from a year earlier, 11.5 percentage points higher than the national average.
The combined sales revenue of the five major clean energy sources, namely nuclear power, hydropower, photovoltaic power, wind power, and biomass power, was 20.3 percentage points higher than that of thermal power in the January-March period. These clean energy sources accounted for 31.7 percent of the total power generation sales revenue, marking an increase of 3.6 percentage points compared to the same period in the previous year.
The number of newly established enterprises in the green and low-carbon industries surged 19.3 percent from a year earlier, up by 12.3 percentage points compared with the same period in the previous year.
The electricity consumption per unit of sales revenue in the green and low-carbon industries went down 9.4 percent year on year in the first quarter, the data revealed.
The administration will continue to optimize tax and fee services and leverage the role of tax regulation and guidance to safeguard the cultivation of new drivers of green growth and high-quality development of the Chinese economy, it said.
China's green, low-carbon industries register robust growth in January-March: VAT data
