Russia, Ukraine update battle reports

Russia attacked Ukraine's energy, port and railway infrastructures with drones, while Ukraine struck Russia's drone facilities, according to reports released by both sides on Friday.

Russia launched two large-scale strikes and 12 cluster attacks on Ukraine's military enterprises, logistics hubs and energy facilities over the past week, said the Russian Defense Ministry on Friday.

The ministry said Russia hit 15 Ukraine's dry cargo ships transporting weapons.

Over the past day, Russian forces took control of two settlements in Kharkiv and Sumy regions, the ministry said.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said on Friday that the Ukrainian navy used the R-360 Neptune missile system in the early morning to hit three drone facilities in Russia's Rostov-on-don.

It also said there were 175 battles in the frontline area over the past day, and Ukraine's air force, missile troops and artillery struck Russian personnel assembly areas and drone control points.

Russia, Ukraine update battle reports

China's loan interest rates remained low in October, the People's Bank of China said on Friday.

In October, the weighted average rate on newly issued enterprise loans was about 2.9 percent, down 0.2 percentage points year on year, while that on new personal housing loans was about 3.1 percent, basically unchanged from the same period last year, the central bank's data showed.

China’s loan interest rates remain low in October