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This report provides a snapshot of the US Executive Branch priorities via daily schedules and the prior day's press releases.

Russia is recruiting syrians to fight in ukraine. according to the "wall street journal" moscow needs fighters skilled in urban combat as russia looks to push deeper into the cities of ukraine. here is more of what we learned yesterday during a background briefing from a senior defense official. moscow has moved nearly 100% of its combat power it placed around ukraine's border now inside the border. russia has launched more than 625 missiles. the airspace is still contested but we are told ukraine is using the vast majority of the tools available to them. the pentagon ordered the deployment of...

Crater behind. yesterday another huge apartment complex. one person was killed there and it sparked a rescue effort from firefighters. senior u.s. defense official gave a background briefing from journalists where he said all the information that they have shows that the russian advance has stalled nearly everywhere in ukraine, so in kyiv particularly it's still about 10 miles outside of the city when we're talking about that northeastern front and that infamous military convoy that was coming down towards the city. it's largely dispersed and it didn't make any progress it seems over the weeke...

Background briefing. press secretary jen psaki and officials from the national security council joined that call telling the influencers they can use their platforms to debunk misinformation and saying, quote, we recognize this is a critically important avenue in the way the american public is finding out about the latest. we wanted to make sure you had the latest information from us, from an authoritative source. so the president has arrived back at the white house. he went in without speaking to reporters, and we don't expect to see him again for the rest of the day, arthel. arthel: jacqui h...

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