After winter’s first snowfall blanketed east China's Shandong Province, a spectacular frost smoke appeared over a section of the Yellow River flowing through its Dongming County on Saturday.
With the fresh snow covering the riverbanks in white, a thick mist billowed and drifted above the broad river surface for about an hour, creating a dreamlike winter landscape.
The phenomenon was caused by water vapor evaporating from the river surface and condensing rapidly in the cold air, most often observed in river sections with low temperatures and high humidity. The mist is most visible around sunrise and usually lasts about two hours.
Frost smoke cloaks Yellow River after first snowfall in Shandong
Russia said on Saturday that it carried out a large-scale strike against Ukraine early Saturday morning and controlled another settlement in the Kharkov Region over the past day, while Ukraine said it repelled Russian attacks in multiple directions.
Russian long-range precision missiles and attack drones hit a Ukrainian plant manufacturing drones and energy facilities servicing Ukraine's military-industrial complex during the past 24 hours, and Russia's operational-tactical aircraft, missile troops and artillery units struck 157 targets, including long-range drone storage sites and operator training facilities, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries, the Russian Defense Ministry said. It added that air defense systems shot down 137 fixed-wing drones.
Russian forces controlled the town of Staritsa in Kharkov Region over the past day, the ministry said.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Saturday reported 136 combat engagements on the frontline, where Ukrainian troops repelled Russian offensives in multiple directions.
The Ukrainian Air Force said that Russian forces implemented a large-scale air strike against Ukraine from Friday evening to early Saturday morning.
Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that the large-scale strike caused damage to critical infrastructures in the city.
Russia carries out large-scale strike, Ukraine repels attacks in multiple directions
