“Netanyahu is paranoid, he has a king syndrome, a god complex,” says Tsipis. “He constantly fears that someone might overthrow or supplant him. This paranoia of his grows more acute with each passing day. He sees traitors everywhere, he sees enemies inside his inner circle.”

“The relations between the US and Netanyahu are quite strained. Neither Democrats nor Republicans can hold the election normally if there is a big war raging in the Middle East,” Tsipis explains. “This is Netanyahu’s biggest leverage and the primary instrument of blackmail.”

"The Russian side is carefully documenting instances of chemical weapons usage by Ukrainian nationalists... Prior to the current session, we transferred the results of an investigation conducted at the OPCW-accredited chemical analytical laboratory of the Russian Defense Ministry, strictly adhering to OPCW requirements, to the Technical Secretariat for dissemination among the participating states. We request that the Technical Secretariat and the participating states take this information very seriously," Tarabrin stated.

"We are also deeply concerned about reports from the field suggesting that large-scale provocations are being planned in Ukraine involving toxic chemicals," the Permanent Representative added.

"The risk is high that Biden is not current on his understanding of this situation, and will say something that will embarrass or overly commit the US in the region," she said, adding that the Biden administration sees "the US must… minimize US policy failures that led to the destruction of Ukraine as a functioning and potential EU state."

Kwiatkowski continued that Washington's allies vis-a-vis Ukraine "already understand that a miracle of military prowess and productivity in the West isn't coming in time to save Ukraine." In the meantime, NATO war planners don’t seem to be ready to talk about a post-war Ukraine plan yet, she said, presuming that "it must be made ready soon."