Degradation of land is proceeding rapidly; a million km^2 per year are
becoming degraded.
This will surely contribute substantially to the food shortage of
coming decades.
Radical Islamists out of Idlib suddenly captured the major Syrian city
of Aleppo.
(Assad's forces are much weaker since Putin pulled out most of his
military support to put it towards conquering Ukraine.)
Meanwhile, this defeat is a defeat for Putin's prestige.
I wonder if he might think of settling with Ukraine
so he can recover prestige in other world influence competitions.