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We've reported extensively on what the invasion of Ukraine meant for its people, but less

spoken about is what it's meant for the animals. Extensive damage to forests

and contaminated seas have threatened the country's ecosystems and its

biodiversity. And obesity is becoming a bigger problem around the world.

Our correspondent takes a closer look at the data.

Where is the problem worst and is there anything that can be done about it? But first. At the beginning of the year,

at the beginning of the year, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

and his North Korean counterpart, Chore-Sonhui,

met in Moscow.

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to the director of the whole thing.

Praising the growing relationship between the two countries. The friendship goes back decades, but it took on

a new significance last year when the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, went to see President

Vladimir Putin in Russia and agreed to supply him with arms for the war in Ukraine.

Putin is reportedly set to make a return visit of his own soon as well, the first time he would have zep foot in the

hermit state for 20 or so years.

The deepening relationship has emboldened North Korea, and for its neighbor to the the South this is far from good news.

There's a certain amount of worry in South Korea that North Korea may be considering

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