Russia said on Sunday that its forces had conducted strikes on Ukrainian ports and vessels, while Ukraine, on the same day, reported attacks on Russian fuel facilities, according to official statements from both sides.
Russia's Defense Ministry said in its latest report that its forces, with Oniks anti-ship missiles and air-launched cruise missiles, attacked Ukrainian facilities at the ports of Odesa and Yuzhny, including a long-range drone assembly workshop, military supplies warehouses, and fuel storage sites.
Russian aircraft and drones also struck Ukraine's bulk carriers carrying military cargo, as well as two vessels from which Ukraine had launched attack drones and unmanned boats, the ministry said.
On the same day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the Ukrainian military conducted long-range strikes against targets within the Russian territory.
He said the units of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) struck three oil depots in Russia's Stavropol region, as well as another fuel facility in the area.
Zelensky also said the Ukrainian forces hit three Russian oil tankers in the Black Sea, describing the operations as "a fully justified and accurate" response to Russian attacks.
Russia strikes Ukrainian ports, Ukraine hits Russian fuel facilities
China has continued to strengthen its capacity to ensure energy and resource security, according to the Global Mining Development Report 2026 released by the China Geological Survey under the Ministry of Natural Resources on Friday.
The report indicates that since China launched a new round of strategic actions for mineral exploration in 2021, the exploration of strategic emerging minerals has achieved leapfrog development, and the country's capacity for independent resource supply has been significantly enhanced.
According to the report, China's new round of strategic actions for mineral exploration has produced remarkable results, with mineral resource reserves growing substantially. China currently ranks the first in the world in reserves of 14 minerals and has achieved three-dimensional expansion in oil and gas exploration, with deep-layer and deep-sea areas becoming new growth points.
Meanwhile, China's scale of mineral product production and smelting and processing remains the world's largest, and its leading position in the industrial chain has been continuously consolidated. In the smelting and processing sector in particular, the output of more than 30 metallurgical products ranks the first in the world, and the output of 17 mineral products accounts for about 50 percent of global mineral product output. This signifies that China is not only a major mineral resource producer, but also a supply leader and important driver in the global smelting and processing industry.
In addition, the scale of China's mining economy and its role in driving employment have continued to strengthen, providing strong support for socioeconomic development. As of April 2026, China had boasted 12,600 exploration rights and 30,400 mining rights, along with 55,000 mining enterprises and 834,000 smelting and processing enterprises. The mining industry and its related sectors have become an important pillar of regional economic development and people's livelihoods and employment.
"China has actively contributed its strength to global mining transformation. China has signed memorandums of understanding on geological and mining cooperation with more than 70 other countries, and technologies and equipment such as autonomous mining trucks, mining large models, and tailings resource recovery have been deployed globally," said Zou Xiehua, chief drafter of the Global Mining Development Report 2026.
China continues to strengthen energy, resource security capacity: global mining report
