Russia consolidates battlefield gains in Krasnoarmeysk, Ukraine destroys more Russian weapons

Russia claimed Monday to have repelled Ukrainian attacks from northwest of Krasnoarmeysk (known as Pokrovsk in Ukraine), a strategic city in the Donetsk region, in the past 24 hours, while Ukrainian forces said they destroyed multiple Russian tanks, drones and other military equipment.

The Russian Ministry of Defense also said that its forces have taken control of the Zatyshshia settlement in the Zaporizhzhia region.

The Russian forces destroyed Ukrainian tanks, armored vehicles, artillery, and multiple rocket launcher systems across various fronts, and shot down over 300 Ukrainian drones.

On the same day, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reporting on the situation up until 08:00, stated that a total of 191 combat engagements occurred between the two sides over the past 24 hours.

The Ukrainian forces repelled Russian assaults in the directions of Kursk, Kupiansk and Lyman. They destroyed multiple Russian tanks, armored vehicles, artillery systems and a significant number of tactical-level drones, said the statement.

China's outstanding aggregate social financing -- the total amount of financing to the real economy -- reached 442.12 trillion yuan (about 63.4 trillion U.S. dollars) as of the end of 2025, up 8.3 percent year on year, central bank data showed on Thursday.

The country's aggregate social financing stood at 35.6 trillion yuan (about 5.1 trillion U.S. dollars) in 2025, up by 3.34 trillion yuan (about 479 billion U.S. dollars) from the year 2024, said the People's Bank of China (PBOC), the country's central bank.

According to the data, the M2, a broad measure of money supply that covers cash in circulation and all deposits, increased 8.5 percent year on year to 340.29 trillion yuan (about 48.8 trillion U.S. dollars) as of the end of December.

In addition, outstanding yuan loans stood at 271.91 trillion yuan (about 39 trillion U.S. dollars) at the end of 2025, up 6.4 percent year on year.