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The UN Secretary General is in Moscow seeking to broker a ceasefire in the Ukraine War. China begins mass COVID-19 testing in Beijing after discovery of a cluster of infections. Finland and Sweden set dates to submit NATO applications. Analysis: Environmental Impacts of the Ukraine War. Analysis: Ukraine War Update: Diplomatic Talks, Military Planning, False Flag Operations.

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Analysis: Environmental Impacts of the Ukraine War

In addition to the vast human and economic costs of the war in Ukraine, experts are increasingly flagging the growing environmental costs of the Russian invasion. Significant ecological destruction, which appears to be underway in Ukraine, will add to the scars that a post-war Ukraine must overcome and amplify the ramifications of the war for the rest of the world.

Analysis: Ukraine War Update: Diplomatic Talks, Military Planning, False Flag Operations

The UN Secretary-General Guterres is in Moscow today to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov and President Putin. Talks will focus on a ceasefire. Ukraine has urged Guterres to press for an evacuation of Mariupol. Guterres is set to travel to Ukraine after his Moscow meetings.

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