Mike Baker

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It's Friday, the 19th of June.

Welcome to the President's Daily Brief.

I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.

All right, let's get briefed.

First up, Ukraine brings the war to Moscow in dramatic fashion.

A massive drone attack struck multiple targets across the Russian capital, including a key oil refinery.

As new reports suggest, Russia's air defenses may be burning through interceptor missiles at an unsustainable rate.

Later in the show, Xi Jinping launches a sweeping new purge inside the Communist Party, punishing nearly one million, that's right, I said one million officials as he tightens his grip on power.

Plus, new reporting reveals the U.S.

military prepared a plan to send ground troops into Iran to seize Tehran's enriched uranium stockpile before President Trump reportedly put the kibosh on the operation.

And in today's Back of the Brief, Toronto police say a network of hired gunmen may be behind a string of attacks targeting synagogues, Jewish institutions, and the U.S.