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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.

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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