Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East, and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday.

Diplomacy correspondent Lazar Berman and Health reporter Nathan Jeffay join host Amanda Borschel-Dan.

All eyes are on Ukraine and the western nations' attempts to sanction President Vladimir Putin's Russia. Berman updates us on what is happening on the borders now. He explains how Israel continues to run through the raindrops between the needs of the country's "best friend" the United States and ally Russia. Also, are Ukraine's Jews readying for aliya and can the Jewish state accommodate them?

Berman proposes that even while the world's eyes are on Ukraine, the Iran nuclear deal talks in Vienna are directly connected -- at least in Putin's eyes. He explains the tangled web and how Israel is or is not succeeding in its drive to make a longer, better deal.

Jeffay is able to take a break from breaking COVID research and brings us a promising new biological treatment for PTSD involving oxygen therapy.

We also hear about an out-of-this-world experiment in which Israeli cancer drug Doxil has returned to Earth after a series of tests on the International Space Station (ISS). What's this about?

And finally, Berman explains how Meretz MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi's pioneering new posting as Israel’s Consul General in Shanghai, China, is a win-win situation.

Discussed articles include:

Israel’s diplomatic staff in Ukraine complete relocation from Kyiv to Lviv

World-first Israeli study shows oxygen therapy can dramatically reduce PTSD symptoms

’Astonishing recovery’: 10 months after self-immolating, IDF vet is again walking

Can zero gravity help cure cancer? Israelis sent a drug to space to find out

In first for Arab woman, Meretz MK appointed Israeli Consul General in Shanghai

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IMAGE: In this photo taken by Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky and provided by Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service, the International Space Station is seen from the Nauka module on August 11, 2021. (Oleg Novitsky/Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service photo via AP)

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