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Misha Zelinsky

Kakhovka dam shows Russia can’t win

Destroying a civilian dam is not a win-at-all-costs act of brutality. Instead, Putin has admitted he is now playing not to lose.

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Russia’s destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam in central Ukraine tells us two things.

First, this war crime confirms Putin’s Russia is morally bankrupt.

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Misha Zelinsky is a Fulbright Scholar, a former assistant national secretary Australian Workers' Union, and expert associate at the National Security College.
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