Xi inspects guard of honor at welcome ceremony hosted by Malaysian king

Chinese President Xi Jinping inspected the guard of honor at a grand welcome ceremony hosted by Malaysian King Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday morning.

Xi arrived in Malaysia on Tuesday for a state visit, the second leg of his three-nation Southeast Asia tour.

Xi inspects guard of honor at welcome ceremony hosted by Malaysian king

Xi inspects guard of honor at welcome ceremony hosted by Malaysian king

Xi inspects guard of honor at welcome ceremony hosted by Malaysian king

Xi inspects guard of honor at welcome ceremony hosted by Malaysian king

Russia said its forces have hit Ukrainian targets like defense industrial enterprises and energy facilities, while Ukraine reported strikes over major Russian facilities.

The Russian Defense Ministry on Saturday said in its latest report that over the past 24 hours, its forces struck Ukrainian defense industrial enterprises, energy facilities used by the Ukrainian military, as well as assembly and storage sites for long-range drones. The military also reported hitting temporary deployment points of Ukrainian forces and foreign mercenaries in 142 locations.

Russian air defense units shot down eight guided aerial bombs and 800 fixed-wing drones during the same period, according to the report.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Saturday that its troops conducted precision strikes on multiple key Russian targets, including an oil terminal on the Black Sea coast. Ukrainian strikes also targeted logistical warehouses, ammunition depots, and communication nodes on the eastern front.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday said in a social media post that Ukrainian forces carried out a long-range strike against a major chemical plant in Russia's Perm Krai region.

The death toll from a Ukrainian attack on a college dormitory in Starobelsk in the Luhansk region has risen to 21, with many others being injured, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situation said on Saturday.

The ministry said on Friday a large-scale overnight drone assault hit the campus of Starobelsk College, affiliated with Luhansk Padagogical University, causing the collapse of the student dormitory building.

A total of 86 students aged 14 to 18, along with one staff member, were inside the building at the time of the strike, said local health authorities.

The Russian-appointed governor of the Luhansk region declared May 24 and 25 as days of morning for the victims of the attack.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that the attack was "not an accident," claiming that "there are no military facilities, security service sites or related agencies near the dormitory."

Ukraine's General Staff denied targeting civilian infrastructure, saying its forces strike only military facilities and objects used for military purposes in accordance with international humanitarian law.

Russia says targeting Ukrainian defense enterprises, Ukraine reports strikes on major Russian facilities