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Earlier this month, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres sounded a grim prognosis about the prospects for an end to the Russia-Ukraine war, which will mark a year on February 24. “The prospects for peace keep diminishing,” he said in a speech to the UN General Assembly on February 6. “The chances of further escalation and bloodshed keep growing.” Also Read | Ajit Doval meets Vladimir Putin, both agree to keep strategic ties going The world, Guterres said, was heading towards a “wider war”, and “I fear it is doing so with its eyes wide open.” The US-led Western alliance...
