The president says military operations will continue “at times and places of our choosing” President Joe Biden has defended the US response to a recent drone strike that left three American soldiers dead, explaining that the air raids have targeted militia groups in Iraq and Syria allegedly backed by Iran.

The country’s forces now “hold the strategic initiative along the entire line of contact,” Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has said The Russian military is making advances at multiple locations along the frontline in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), according to a daily press briefing of the country’s Defense Ministry released on Friday.

The Russian economy keeps growing and has already become the largest in Europe and the fifth largest in the world in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP), President Vladimir Putin said while speaking at the ‘Everything for Victory’ forum in the city of Tula on Friday.