Russia said on Tuesday that its armed forces had struck numerous Ukrainian military-industrial enterprises, while Ukraine reported strikes against multiple Russian military targets.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said in its latest report its forces carried out large-scale strikes in the early hours of Tuesday in response to Ukrainian attacks on civilian infrastructure within Russia.
Using land-based and air-launched long-range high-precision weapons as well as attack drones, Russian troops targeted Ukrainian military-industrial enterprises, as well as energy and transport infrastructure facilities supporting the Ukrainian Armed Forces, ammunition depots, and workshops producing long-range unmanned aerial vehicles. All designated targets had been hit, the ministry said.
Meanwhile, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said on Tuesday that the Ukrainian air force, missile troops, and artillery units conducted a series of strikes against Russian military personnel and equipment, command posts, and artillery systems.
It noted that Ukrainian forces had also launched multiple assaults against Russian troops in the directions of Kupiansk in the Kharkiv Oblast and Lyman in Donetsk, and repelled 44 Russian assaults in the direction of Pokrovsk, another city in the Donetsk region.
Russia reports strikes on Ukrainian military-industrial enterprises, Ukraine hits Russian military targets
China's appropriately accommodative monetary policy continued to deliver results in the third quarter, while the quality and effect of financial sector serving the real economy continued to improve, said the third-quarter monetary policy report released by the People's Bank of China (PBOC) on Wednesday.
The PBOC, China's central bank, said in the report that the country's credit structure continued to optimize in the third quarter.
At the end of September, loans to the technology, green, inclusive finance, elderly care and digital economy sectors grew 12.0 percent, 13.0 percent, 6.5 percent, 16.2 percent and 15.7 percent year on year, respectively, all continuing to outpace overall loan growth.
Financing costs across the economy remained low, the report showed, with new corporate loans in September carrying rates slightly below 3.0 percent and new personal housing loans around three percent.
The yuan exchange rate remained basically stable at a reasonable and balanced level. At the end of September, the yuan closed at 6.7053 per U.S. dollar, appreciating 4.1 percent from the end of 2025.
Looking ahead, the PBOC said it will continue to implement the appropriately accommodative monetary policy, comprehensively use and adjust monetary policy tools as appropriate, and guide the growth of social financing and money supply to match economic growth and the expected target for overall prices.
The central bank will seek to create a suitable monetary and financial environment for stable economic growth, high-quality development and the smooth operation of financial markets.
Appropriately accommodative monetary policy continues to deliver results in Q3: Central Bank
