Russia said on Thursday that its forces had continued to strike besieged Ukrainian troops in Krasnoarmeysk (known as Pokrovsk in Ukraine) in the Donetsk region, while the Ukrainian side said it had repelled Russian attacks.
Russia's Defense Ministry said that Russian troops had captured 64 buildings in Krasnoarmeysk over the past 24 hours, repelled over 10 Ukrainian attacks and hit Ukrainian targets, including drone storage and launch facilities, temporary deployment areas for Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries, in 149 areas.
The ministry said Russia's air defense systems intercepted two guided aerial bombs and shot down 261 fixed-wing drones over 24 hours and destroyed Ukrainian armored combat vehicles, artillery pieces, and ammunition depots.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that by 8:00 on Thursday, Ukrainian forces had launched offensives against two concentrations of Russian personnel, weapons, and military equipment, repelled over 100 attacks by Russian troops in Pokrovsk and in other areas, and reinforced military units defending the city.
Ukraine also said its forces carried out a strike on a drone storage, assembly, and launch site in Donetsk airport area on Wednesday and hit Russia's Volgograd oil refinery.
Russia claims strikes against besieged Ukrainian forces, Ukraine reports repelled attacks
The operational efficiency of Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in south China's Guangdong Province has greatly improved following the launch of a new terminal and a new runway one month ago.
The airport officially put into operation its Terminal 3 and fifth runway on October 30, making it China's first civil airport to operate five commercial runways.
Terminal 3 features a range of self-service facilities, including check-in kiosks, automated baggage drop systems, and smart security screening equipment, which have greatly streamlined passenger processing.
Since its opening, five airlines have shifted their domestic operations to Terminal 3, which now handles an average of 158 flights and about 26,000 passengers daily.
"Compared with Terminal 1, both the number of staffed counters and self-service kiosks of Terminal 3 have increased significantly, greatly reducing the average check-in time for passengers. For domestic direct flights, the entire check-in process can be completed in a minimum of one minute," said Shi Mengyao, a staffer with the ground service department of the Guangdong branch of China Eastern Airlines.
Beyond efficiency improvements, the terminal also includes an observation deck that offers travelers panoramic views of the airfield.
"Since its opening, the observation deck attracts over 3,000 visitors per day on average, with total visits exceeding 100,000 to date," said Luo Li, deputy general manager of a terminal management company at Baiyun International Airport.
The airport's expansion also marks another step toward building a world-class airport cluster in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
"The airport's expansion not only consolidates the Greater Bay Area as an aviation hub connecting China with the world, but also helps lower logistics costs within the area, promote the free flow and efficient allocation of economic resources, and enhances the area's capacity for global resource allocation," said Li Jing, chief planner with the Guangdong Provincial Department of Transport.
New terminal, runway boost operational efficiency of airport in Guangzhou
