Russian troops attacked various Ukrainian military facilities over the past 24 hours, Russia's Defense Ministry said on Thursday, while Ukraine said on the same day that it repelled Russian attacks in multiple directions and downed 1,351 drones over the past day.
Over the past 24 hours, Russia's operational/tactical aircraft, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery struck the Ukrainian army's transport and energy infrastructure, sites for the assembly, storage and launch of long-range drones, and ammunition depots, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 148 locations, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
On the same day, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in a statement that Ukrainian forces over the past day reported 133 combat engagements on the frontline, where Ukrainian troops repelled Russian offensives in multiple directions and shot down 1,351 drones.
Ukrainian forces implemented strikes targeting infrastructure where Russia conducts pre-launch preparations for medium- and intercontinental-range ballistic missiles at the Kapustin Yar test site in the Astrakhan region, said the statement.
Ukraine-made long-range strike weapons, in particular FP-5 Flamingo missiles, were used in the strikes, according to the statement.
Russia strikes various facilities in multiple directions, Ukraine downs 1,351 drones
China urges the United States to respect a recent World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling that found U.S. clean energy subsidies under its Inflation Reduction Act inconsistent with WTO rules, the Ministry of Commerce said Thursday.
Ministry spokesman He Yadong made the remarks at a press briefing in Beijing when asked to comment on a statement by the Office of the United States Trade Representative regarding the ruling that requires the U.S. to withdraw the subsidies in question.
The U.S. side, while acknowledging it lost the case, said the ruling was wrong and claimed that existing WTO rules cannot address the issue of "overcapacity".
"As a WTO member, the U.S. should respect the ruling and comply with rules. The existing WTO rules were jointly negotiated and agreed upon by participants in the Uruguay Round, including the United States. As both a negotiating party and a signatory, the U.S. has an obligation to comply with its international treaty commitments," said He.
"The relevant actions and remarks by the U.S. are aimed at excusing its own violations of treaty obligations and abuse of subsidies and other protectionist practices, while attempting to shift the blame for insufficient industrial competitiveness and other domestic problems onto others. Such moves artificially interfere with and fragment global markets, undermining the stability of global industrial and supply chains," he said.
"The current international economic and trade order is facing severe shocks from unilateralism and protectionism, and safeguarding a multilateral trading system with the WTO at its core is the shared responsibility of all WTO members. We urge the U.S. side to earnestly respect WTO rulings, promptly correct practices that violate WTO rules, and uphold the rules-based multilateral trading order through concrete actions," said the spokesman.
China urges U.S. to respect WTO ruling against Inflation Reduction Act
