The fierce fighting between Russia and Ukraine had continued raging on around Krasnoarmeysk (known as Pokrovsk in Ukraine) in Donetsk on Tuesday.
The Russian defense ministry said that its forces repelled ten breakouts of the Ukrainian forces from north and northwest of Krasnoarmeysk over the past 24 hours, and were expanding their positions from the east side of the city and penetrating deep into Ukraine's defenses.
The Russian armed forces launched multiple strikes against energy and transportation infrastructure and ammunition production facilities that support Ukrainian military-industrial complex, and they also struck temporary deployment points of Ukrainian troops and foreign mercenaries, the ministry said.
On the same day, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that Ukrainian special forces conducted helicopter landings and operations in Pokrovsk, and the military operations in designated areas were still ongoing as Ukrainian forces repelled 55 Russian offensives.
The Ukrainian troops also clashed with the Russian forces in Kupyansk and Zaporizhzhia over the past day, the Ukrainian side said.
Fierce fighting between Russia, Ukraine continues raging on around Krasnoarmeysk in Donetsk
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities' separatist moves to stoke cross-Strait hostility are unpopular and doomed to fail, said Zhang Han, spokeswoman for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office in Beijing on Wednesday.
Zhang made the comments at a regular press conference in response to a media query about recent inappropriate remarks by Chiu Chui-cheng, head of the so-called "mainland affairs council", regarding the Chinese mainland's policy of advancing high-quality cross-Strait integrated development".
"Our fellow Taiwan compatriots are our kith and kin. Over the years, acting on the principle that 'people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are all of the same family', we have actively promoted cross-Strait economic and cultural exchanges and cooperation, deepened the integrated development across various fields, and made steady progress in implementing policies that provide equal treatment to Taiwan compatriots. These efforts have continuously yielded new results, fully demonstrating our goodwill in seeking benefits for Taiwan compatriots and our sincerity in advancing the peaceful and integrated development of cross-Strait relations. Such endeavors have been met with strong support and wide acclaim from our Taiwan compatriots. Driven by its separatist pursuit of 'Taiwan secession', the DPP authorities are deeply fearful of closer ties between people across the Strait. They have deliberately fanned the flames of confrontation and antagonism, while resorting to slander and obstruction against anything that helps develop cross-Strait relations and benefits people on both sides. Such moves are deeply unpopular and are bound to fail," she said.
DPP's moves to stoke cross-Strait hostility unpopular, doomed to fail: spokeswoman
