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<P class="gmail-ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00"><B
class="gmail-ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3">The human and material cost of
Russia's invasion of Ukraine is well documented. But rare species of animals and
flowers that had flourished in the country's north have also been badly hit by
the invaders' destructive use of weaponry and landmines, with fears they will
take decades to recover. <A
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<P class="gmail-ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Valeri Stepanenko
Oleksandrovych is dressed like a soldier, flanked by men armed with Kalashnikovs
while keeping a constant eye on the news. </P></DIV></DIV>
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<P class="gmail-ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">He is a forest ranger in
Ukraine's Drevlyansky nature reserve, helping to patrol what once was a pristine
sanctuary for wildlife in northern Ukraine. With its marshes, lakes, woods and
heathland, it is a place so rich in wildlife it has even been called Europe's
Amazon.</P></DIV></DIV>
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<P class="gmail-ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">But situated just 15 miles
from the border with Belarus, it is in a dangerous part of the world and Mr
Stepanenko has every reason to be wary.</P></DIV></DIV>
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<P class="gmail-ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">It was across this border in
February that Russia sent rockets, missiles and artillery shells, followed by an
invading armoured column that got all the way south to the outskirts of the
capital, Kyiv, before being driven back by Ukrainian defenders armed with the
latest Western weapons.</P></DIV></DIV>
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<P class="gmail-ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">"Russian land mines," Mr
Stepanenko says, perched on a fallen log beside a forest track. "That's the
worst legacy left behind by the invasion. That and the forest fires they set off
with their shell fire."</P></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 10, 2022 10:14 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Wildlife abandons 'Europe's Amazon' nature reserve</DIV>
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