Russia claimed that its forces have seized a Ukrainian settlement and held back several Ukrainian offensives in the past 24 hours, while Ukraine said that its troops have caused great losses to the Russian forces over the past day.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said on Saturday that the Russian army have seized control of a settlement in the direction of Donetsk in east Ukraine on the same day. In addition, Russian troops repelled multiple attacks by the Ukrainian army and hit targets such as Ukrainian air defense systems and drone base stations.
Russian air defense systems also intercepted a number of missiles, rockets and drones of the Ukrainian army, the ministry said.
On the same day, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces issued a report saying that as of 16:00 on Saturday, the Ukrainian troops engaged Russian soldiers dozens of times in multiple directions, and the Russian army mainly launched offensives in the direction of Krasny Liman and Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine.
It said the Ukrainian army resisted several Russian attacks and inflicted heavy losses on the Russian army in the counterattacks.
Russia claims its occupies Ukrainian settlement, while Ukraine says it causes heavy losses on Russia
As the week-long National Day holiday entered its fifth day on Saturday, many holidaymakers across China have embarked on return trips by train, car and air, bringing holiday traffic flow to another peak.
Data from the Ministry of Transport showed that China is expected to deliver over 284 million cross-regional trips on Friday, with more than 17.95 million trips made by railway.
Since the beginning of the holiday travel rush on Sept. 29, the national railway network has already transported over 100 million passenger trips, with daily passenger flow consistently exceeding 17 million trips.
As the return passenger flow gradually increased starting Saturday, regional departments across the country have enhanced efforts to ensure transportation services during the period.
Expressways continued to see dense traffic across the country, especially in the metropolises of Shanghai and Guangdong Province's Guangzhou, as well as Changsha City of central China's Hunan Province and Suzhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province.
Meanwhile, the country's civil aviation sector is expected to transport more than 2.32 million passengers on the same day, up over 5 percent compared with the previous day.
China sees peak return trips as National Day holiday winds down
