PREVIEW: SAUDI ARABIA: Conversation with colleague Malcolm Hoenlein re the decision by the Crown Prince MBS of Saudi Arabia to postpone his embassy to Japan because of the King's health crisis. More like this later.

PREVIEW: #UKRAINE: Conversation with Katrina Vanden Heuvel, publisher of the Nation.com, regarding the US arms deployed to Ukraine and the best that can be said is that the resupply will "stabilize a deteriorating position." More details to follow tonight