Russia said on Wednesday its forces had taken control of two more settlements in Ukraine's Donetsk region, while Ukraine reported on the same day that its military had hit multiple Russian targets along the active front lines.
The Russian Defense Ministry said in a briefing that the Russian army had liberated the villages of Maksimovka and Antonovka in Donetsk over the past 24 hours.
Russian troops had repelled multiple Ukrainian attacks and launched several offensives in the directions of Kharkov, Avdeyevka, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson, the ministry said.
Russia's air defense systems had shot down a MiG-29 warplane and 23 unmanned aerial vehicles of the Ukrainian air force, it said.
Meanwhile, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported 99 battles on the front lines as of Wednesday afternoon, with the most intense fighting taking place in the directions of Pokrovsk and Kurakhovo.
Over the past day, Ukraine's air force, missile force and artillery units had attacked multiple Russian military personnel, weapons and military equipment concentration areas, command posts, field ammunition depots and drone control centers, the Ukrainian side said.
Russia seizes 2 more settlements in Ukraine's Donetsk region, while Ukraine hits multiple Russian targets
Russia seizes 2 more settlements in Ukraine's Donetsk region, while Ukraine hits multiple Russian targets
To meet the timeline of starting independent customs operations by the end of 2025, the government of south China's Hainan province issued a series of regulations to stipulate import and export management of Free Trade Port (FTP), with two major documents on environmental safety and medicine import put into effect recently.
To further explain the effects and scope of the two documents, the local government held press conferences on Monday and Tuesday.
The "Several Provisions on the Management of Entry Environmental Safety Access in the Hainan Free Trade Port" took effect on Wednesday, which clarified the scopes and responsibilities regarding potential environmental issues of vessels and import products.
"The document regulates the access management of special items such as hazardous waste, remanufactured products, carry-on items of entry personnel, and radioactive materials. Meanwhile, it clarifies that the storage sites for transit goods should meet environmental safety management requirements, to avoid environmental pollution," said Di Weijie, deputy director of the Department of Ecology and Environment of Hainan Province.
In addition, the administrative rule on zero-tariff import of medicines and medical devices in Hainan Free Trade Port was put into effect on Tuesday, stipulating that before Hainan FTP starts independent customs operations, medical institutions, higher medical education institutions, and pharmaceutical research institutes registered in the Hainan's Boao Lecheng Pilot Zone with independent legal status and approved eligibility can import designated pharmaceuticals and medical devices under the zero-tariff policy.
"The scope [of medicines and medical devices imported under 'zero-tariff' policy] consists of two categories: imported pharmaceuticals and medical devices already approved for registration in China, and specially licensed pharmaceuticals and medical devices for the Boao Lecheng Pilot Zone," said Jia Ning, director of Hainan Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone Administration, during the press conference.
With policy supports and related efforts like the Ever Lasting International Innovation Medicine Exhibition held in the Boao Lecheng Pilot Zone, medicine and health care is expected to be a new pillar industry for Hainan.
New regulations clarify environment, medicine import issues in Hainan Free Trade Port
