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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for a propaganda campaign to increase popular support amid “difficulties.” Ukraine-Russian peace talks focus on a humanitarian ceasefire. The G7 rejected Russian demand that oil and gas deliveries be paid in roubles. Analysis: Is the Next Wave of COVID-19 Coming? Analysis: Ukraine War Update: Ceasefire Talks, Ukrainian Offensives, Mariupol’s Destruction.

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Analysis: Is the Next Wave of COVID-19 Coming?

Analysis: Ukraine War Update: Ceasefire Talks, Ukrainian Offensives, Mariupol’s Destruction.

Moscow and Kyiv are discussing a pause in hostilities as part of a deal that would involve Ukraine abandoning its drive for NATO membership in exchange for security guarantees and the prospect of joining the EU. Russia is no longer requesting Ukraine be “denazified.” Envoys are to meet in Istanbul on Tuesday in a fourth round of peace talks. Russia continues to demand that Ukraine recognize Russia’s control over the Crimean Peninsula, which Moscow annexed in 2014, as well as two territories run by Russian-backed separatists in the eastern Donbas region.

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