Russia said Sunday its forces have repelled Ukrainian attacks and taken offensives in multiple directions including Kharkiv in northeast Ukraine, Avdiivka and Donetsk in eastern Ukrain, Zaporizhzhia in southeastern Ukraine and Kherson in southern Ukraine, while the Ukrainian side said on the same day that 106 combat incidents occurred on the front lines, primarily concentrated in Pokrovsk and Kurakhove in eastern Ukraine, and Kursk areas in western Russia over the past 24 hours.
Ukrainian media outlets also reported a large-scale offensive launched by Ukrainian forces in Russia's Kursk direction. Russian troops have entered Ukraine's Sumy Oblast, aiming to encircle Ukrainian forces operating within Russian territory from the south, the Ukrainian Armed Forces General Staff announced.
According to a separate report released by the Russian Defense Ministry on Sunday, Russian forces are actively engaging near the Kursk border in response to the Ukrainian advances.
Russia's Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant announced on Sunday that Ukrainian drones attempted to attack the facility but were unsuccessful. The plant is operating normally, with radiation levels in the vicinity remaining stable.
Meanwhile, Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant now under the control of Russian forces reported an attack on its training center by a Ukrainian drone, which resulted in no casualties.
Ukrain has not commented on these incidents by far.
Russia reports repulsing multiple Ukrainian offensives, Ukraine claims launching major attack on Kursk
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake jolted Dingri County in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region on Tuesday morning, killing 126 people and injuring 188 others, according to figures released at 19:00 on Tuesday.
The earthquake hit Dingri County in the city of Xigaze at 09:05 on Tuesday, with the epicenter located in the county's Tsogo Township.
Rescue forces from different emergency services have rescued 407 trapped people, set up 14 relocation and resettlement sites, and relocated and resettled more than 30,400 people affected by the disaster.
Municipal-level hospitals in the region are currently treating 28 critically injured patients.
Twenty four medical rescue teams with 568 people and 106 ambulances were dispatched to the region to carry out transfer and treatment work, with all those requiring treatment admitted to hospital.
More than 5,800 pieces of relief supplies, including cotton tents, cotton clothes and quilts, urgently allocated by the National Disaster Reduction Commission, the Ministry of Emergency Management, and the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration arrived at the quake-stricken area on Tuesday night, with 16,000 more pieces of relief supplies expected to be delivered on Wednesday.
More than 170,000 pieces of urgently needed supplies including tents, beds, quilts, blankets, warm clothing, heating equipment, emergency lightning, and food and water were also urgently dispatched to the affected area.
The region's emergency command center on Tuesday also raised the earthquake emergency response to level I, the highest level.
Death toll rises to 126 in 6.8-magnitude Xizang quake
