Russia on Wednesday reported conducting strikes on multiple fronts, while Ukraine claimed its counteroffensives have yielded results.
Russian army has taken control of one settlement in Zaporizhia region, said Russian Defense Ministry on Wednesday.
Russia had conducted operations in 141 regions, striking and destroying targets including substations, railway motor trains, military airport infrastructure, drone assembly workshops and storage points, fuel depots, and temporary deployment points of the Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
On the same day, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that there were 200 combat encounters along the front lines in the past day. The Ukrainian Air Force, along with missile units and artillery, struck concentration areas of Russian personnel, weapons, and military equipment.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday that the Ukrainian forces are currently launching counterattacks in the directions of Dobropillia and Pokrovsk while engaging in active defenses in the directions of Kupyansk and Novopavlivka, and have achieved certain results.
Russia reports strikes in multiple regions; Ukraine claims counteroffensives yield results
China and Canada should work together to promote the stable, healthy and sustainable development of bilateral economic and trade relations, Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng said in Beijing on Friday.
He, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks while attending the Canada-China Trade and Investment Banquet together with the visiting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
Speaking at the event, He said that under the strategic guidance of the important consensus reached by their leaders, China and Canada should adhere to the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, win-win cooperation, and mutual success, and jointly promote the stable, healthy, and sustainable development of bilateral economic and trade relations.
China is steadfastly expanding high-standard opening up, continuously developing new quality productive forces, and is willing to work with countries around the world, including Canada, to create new prospects for cooperation, said He.
Carney noted at the banquet that China is Canada's second-largest trading partner and said Canada looks forward to strengthening high-level exchanges with China, making full use of dialogue mechanisms in areas such as the economy and trade, and deepening cooperation in trade, agriculture, energy and other fields.
Carney arrived in Beijing on Wednesday to begin a four-day official visit to China, marking the first trip to the country by a Canadian prime minister in eight years.
China, Canada should work together for stable, healthy, sustainable economic ties: Vice Premier
