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Hong Kong's stock market ended lower on Monday with the benchmark Hang Seng Index down 0.67 percent to close at 26,957.77 points.
The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index lost 0.88 percent to end at 9,573.38 points, and the Hang Seng Tech Index slid 1.10 percent to 6,550.30 points.
Hang Seng Index closes lower Monday
Russia's Ministry of Defense said Tuesday that its forces struck 154 Ukrainian targets in the past 24 hours, while Ukraine's military reported 151 combat engagements along the front line during the same period.
In its daily briefing, the Russian defense ministry said its forces took control of the settlement of Novoplatonovka in the Kharkiv region in the past 24 hours.
The ministry said the strikes hit 154 targets, including facilities used to transport Western-supplied weapons, ammunition and fuel depots, as well as temporary deployment sites of Ukrainian forces and foreign mercenaries.
The ministry also said its forces destroyed Ukrainian armored vehicles, various types of artillery, military vehicles and drones.
On the same day, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in a battlefield update that its air force, missile forces and artillery struck Russian troop concentrations, command posts and artillery systems.
Ukrainian forces said they repelled Russian attacks in the Pokrovsk, Kupyansk and Lyman directions, destroying Russian tanks, armored vehicles, artillery and tactical-level drones.
Russia, Ukraine report heavy fighting along front lines
