Russia said on Sunday that its forces had controlled one more settlement in Ukraine's Donetsk region, while Ukraine on the same day reported ongoing battles in Russia's Kursk region along the frontlines.
The Russian Defense Ministry said in a briefing that the Russian army continued to attack Ukrainian military personnel and equipment over the past day. Russian forces also struck several Ukrainian military ammunition depots, airport infrastructure, and drone assembly and storage sites.
Meanwhile, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported 84 battles on the frontlines, with the situation remaining severe.
The Ukrainian army was taking all measures to prevent Russian advances, as the battles between the Ukrainian and Russian forces continue on multiple fronts, including in the Kursk region of Russia, the Ukrainian side said.
Russia controls another settlement in Ukraine's Donetsk region, Ukraine continues fighting in Russian Kursk region
Mutual trust between the European Union and China will be undermined if the European side conducts separate price commitment talks with certain Chinese firms while engaging in general negotiations with China concerning electric vehicles (EVs), a spokesperson with China's Commerce Ministry said Monday. The EU's insistence on separate talks with the relevant Chinese firms will also disrupt the overall negotiation process and add more administrative costs to follow-up implementation and supervision of price commitment agreements, the spokesperson stated.
Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao and European Commission Executive Vice President and Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis held a round of talks via video link on Friday.
The European Commission said in its news release that the negotiations between the EU side and the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products (CCCME) do not exclude discussions with individual Chinese car exporters.
China made it clear in the talks that the CCCME had been fully authorized by different types of Chinese enterprises to put forward a price commitment plan that represents the overall position of the industry, the spokesperson said.
On this basis, China and the EU have conducted several rounds of consultations with a lot of efforts made and some progress achieved, the spokesperson said.
With the next phase of talks already launched, China hopes that the two sides will build on previous consultations and accelerate the negotiation process, so as to secure substantive breakthroughs as soon as possible, the spokesperson added.
The European Commission, the executive arm of the 27-nation EU, is set to impose countervailing duties of up to 35.3 percent on EVs imported from China, additional to the EU's existing 10 percent tariff on imported cars, following a qualified majority vote on Oct 4.
EU's separate EV price commitment talks with Chinese firms will harm mutual trust: official
