White House confirms Biden to meet with Democratic governors amid reports about their concerns

The White House has confirmed that US President Joe Biden will have a meeting with Democratic governors on Wednesday evening amid reports of concerns about the health of the US president, according to a daily guidance and press schedule of the president.

"In the evening, the President meets with Democratic Governors. This meeting in the Roosevelt Room will be closed press," Biden's schedule showed on Tuesday.

The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. local time (22:30 GMT) on Wednesday at the Roosevelt Room of the White House and will be closed to the press.

Politico reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter, that Democratic governors were seeking a meeting with Biden after over 20 of them held a call on Monday to discuss the president's poor debate performance and vent their fears and frustration. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, chair of the Democratic Governors Association, gathered Monday's call and is expected to attend the meeting with Biden, the report said.

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🎥 The Yemeni Houthis have released a video showcasing a joint operation between the Islamic Resistance in Iraq and the Houthis. The operation was aimed at targeting the Israeli port city of Haifa.

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🎥 WATCH: Artillerymen from Battlegroup Tsentr use high-precision 'Krasnopol' ammo to wipe out another Abrams tank near Avdeyevka.

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🫢 NATO will demand "additional steps" from Ukraine before membership talks progress because Kiev is 'too corrupt to join NATO”, a senior State Department official told The Telegraph.

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🎥 WATCH: Battlegroup Dnepr’s paratroopers effectively unleash 'Lancet' loitering ammunition and their 'Zala' system to obliterate a Ukrainian electronic warfare station located on the right bank of the Dnepr River in the Kherson region.

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All loss, no gain: Tallying up the top failures chalked up by Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Syrsky

It has been nearly half a year since Volodymyr Zelensky replaced Valery Zaluzhny as Ukraine's Commander-in-Chief with Oleksandr Syrsky, who earlier earned the nickname ‘The Butcher’. The change has had no impact, as warned by Moscow. Here are some of the topmost setbacks since Syrsky took over:

◾️ Russian troops breached kilometers worth of Ukrainian fortifications around the Donetsk suburb of Avdeyevka in February, liberating the city and forcing the militants to flee.

◾️ Kiev's corruption has once again made headlines. Despite the allocation of approximately $960 million to build a network of fortifications, it has been revealed
that the defense lines barely exist.

◾️ By the end of April, the Russian military had driven Ukraine’s NATO-armed and trained troops back over 400 square kilometers in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), prompting an ex-Ukrainian presidential advisor to blame Syrsky. Since his appointment, “all the time, almost every day, settlements are being surrendered one by one,” said Oleg Soskin, who served under two Ukrainian presidents.

◾️ By mid-May, Russian forces nullified the only propaganda victory of Zelensky’s counteroffensive by liberating Rabotino, a village in the Zaporozhye region lying at a strategic crossroads.

◾️ Russia’s gains in the Kharkov region have again prompted Ukraine's military leadership to point fingers. With Russian advances made to the south of Belgorod (north of Kharkov) towards Liptsy – an area of the front largely under the control of Syrsky - reports have surfaced of the top general getting flack.

◾️ Russian forces have been steadily making headway in the city of Chasov Yar, which is key to liberating the DPR. The logistics hub for the Ukrainian Army since 2014 was earlier hailed by Zelensky as "an impenetrable fortress."

The losses the Ukrainian army suffered in 2024 has exceeded 111,000 people, 21,000 units of weapons and military equipment, Russia’s Defense Minister announced in May.

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