Russia claims striking Ukrainian ammunition depots, Ukraine says attacking Russian military command post

Russia on Saturday announced that its forces struck infrastructures at Ukrainian military airfields, ammunition depots, and concentrations of personnel and equipment over the past 24 hours, while the Ukrainian side reported attack on a Russian military command post over the past 24 hours.

According to a statement released by the Russian Ministry of Defense on Saturday, Russian air defense forces had shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jet and over 100 drones, while also intercepting multiple Ukrainian aerial bombs and rockets. At the same time, Russian forces continued to target Ukrainian positions along the frontlines in the Kursk region.

On the same day, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said that as of Saturday afternoon, Ukrainian forces had repelled multiple Russian attacks in directions such as Kharkiv, Pokrovsk, and Kursk. In addition, the Ukrainian air force successfully attacked a command post located on the border of Russia's Belgorod region on Saturday, the statement said.

Russia claims striking Ukrainian ammunition depot, Ukraine says attacking Russian military command post

The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, strengthened 20 pips to 7.0108 against the U.S. dollar Monday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System.

In China's spot foreign exchange market, the yuan is allowed to rise or fall by 2 percent from the central parity rate each trading day.

The central parity rate of the yuan against the U.S. dollar is based on a weighted average of prices offered by market makers before the opening of the interbank market each business day.

Chinese yuan strengthens to 7.0108 against USD Monday