South Korea, the United States and Japan will begin a joint military exercise, "Freedom Edge", on Sept. 7.

Trump-linked US firm AAFS Infrastructure & Energy plans to raise its investment in Bosnia and Herzegovina to more than €2 billion, AAFS Bosnia head Amer Bekan said in a Thursday phone interview. The one-year-old company now proposes a 100 MW data centre and associated infrastructure in Mostar valued at about €530 million, added to an April plan. In April AAFS announced a €1.5 billion package to build a gas pipeline, three gas-fired power plants and to expand/refurbish Sarajevo and Mostar airports; the company was co-founded by Trump’s former lawyer Jesse Binnall and Joseph Flynn, brother of former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

Kremlin spokesman PESKOV said Russia will continue military operations to strike Ukrainian military infrastructure and that Russian forces will keep advancing on the front. He said Kyiv is fully aware of Moscow’s conditions for ending the conflict but has no intention of seeking a peaceful resolution.