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White House press secretary Jen Psaki is briefing right now. She's talking further about planned US troop deployments to NATO's eastern flank to bolster Ukraine's preparedness in facing massed Russian military might at its border.

They are not going to Ukraine to fight," Psaki said, attempting to clarify the mission, in response to questions from reporters about what they'll be doing.