"Currently, a total of 6,500 men and women work for the BND, with more than 700 positions remaining unfilled," the sources said, adding that some employees do not want to give up the opportunity to work remotely one day a week, while others often take sick leave.

“We will be ready to speak together with partners with representatives of Russia,” Zelensky has said.

“The next step should be to investigate the conspiracy of the American media and political circles that hid the true state of affairs about his mental state, manipulating public opinion and playing along with one political party,” she said.

"The Democrat power brokers, what they want is to replace Kamala Harris with Michelle Obama... If they dump Kamala and do not replace Kamala with a black woman, then this is going to set off a real upheaval in the Democrat party," noted the expert.

“Whether it’s fatal is unknown although I still think Trump will win,” Lazare added referring to Biden’s delayed withdrawal.

“How can they bring out a candidate with just a few months before the election?” McAdams inquired. “Kamala Harris is extremely unpopular, more unpopular than President Biden. When she ran for president last time, she got literally zero votes. The question is, what will the party do?”

“How can their votes be changed, especially by the party that purports to defend our democracy? It seems people who voted for Biden are not going to get Biden,” he said, adding that “[t]he US right now is truly in a serious state of crisis. This week is going to be incredibly packed full of events.”