Russian military forces launched offensives in multiple directions in Ukraine on Saturday as Ukraine reported drone strikes on Russian's oil refinery.
The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Saturday that Russian troops continued the offensives in Kharkov, Donetsk, Zaporizhia and other directions.
In the past day, air defenses downed five smart bombs, a US-made HIMARS rocket and 314 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles, the statement said.
Russian forces also launched attacks on Ukrainian military-industrial enterprises and energy facilities.
Ukrainian troops engaged in 159 combat clashes on the frontline over the past day, Ukraine's General Staff said on Saturday.
Ukrainian drones struck an oil refinery in Kirishi, in Russia's Leningrad region, sparking a fire and explosion. The refinery is one of the largest refineries in Russia, with an annual refining capacity of 18.4 million tons of crude oil.
Russia, Ukraine continue striking each other
Japan's economy shrank an annualized real 2.3 percent in the third quarter of 2025, revised government data showed on Monday, compared with an initially reported 1.8 percent drop.
The revised figure for gross domestic product (GDP) from the Cabinet Office marked the fastest contraction since the third quarter of 2023.
In the three months through September, real GDP, adjusted for inflation, contracted 0.6 percent on a quarter-on-quarter basis, compared with the preliminary reading of a 0.4 percent decline, data showed.
Private consumption, which accounts for more than half of the economy, inched up a revised 0.2 percent in July-September, compared with the initial estimate of 0.1 percent.
Among other key components, the capital expenditure, a barometer of private demand, fell 0.2 percent, lowered from the initial estimate of a 1.0 percent gain.
External demand, or exports minus imports, subtracted 0.2 percentage points from the GDP, unchanged from the preliminary reading.
Japan revises Q3 GDP contraction to 2.3 pct
