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> So why on earth would they blow up a dam that would do far more damage to the areas they controlled?

Because actions like this are less about Russia winning and more about Ukraine losing.

They did this to cause decades of damage to Ukraines industry and an ecocide.

It’s the same reason they fire missiles into civilian buildings, destroy power plants during winter, rape and torture children, execute teenagers and fire on civilians. L The terror and damage destruction is the point.

Destruction of this dam was also a war crime by Russia.

They gain a lot by trying to cover up another of there war crimes and to muddy the water with their firehose of falsehood propaganda method.

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>They did this to cause decades of damage to Ukraines industry and an ecocide.

"They did this to cause decades of damage to Ukraines industry and an ecocide" and ended up doing more damage to the side they controlled doesn't make any sense at all. Not unless you assume that Russia is some irrational cartoonist supervillain that would cut off its own nose to spite its face.

"They did this because they were terrified of the counter offensive" made more sense than that.

> Not unless you assume that Russia is some irrational cartoonist supervillain that would cut off its own nose to spite its face.

So they went to Ukraine to gain what? At the expense of what?

How would you explain why they brutally attacked Ukraine without coming to the conclusion of them being exactly what you described?

They went to Ukraine to take the land required to give them a buffer against NATO-aligned forces, which have called for the destruction of Russia for years - and thats exactly what they've created.

Whether you like that answer or not, has no bearing on whether the cartoon-character in your head reflects reality. It clearly doesn't.

So in 1939 did they invade Poland in defense against Nato as well?

This is just such a dumb take, even the mafia bosses running the show don't believe that.

Let alone Ukraine not being in NATO at all.

Also I remember the rhetoric being about denazification, so apparently every russian nationalist has a different story they push.

> They went to Ukraine to take the land required to give them a buffer against NATO-aligned forces, which have called for the destruction of Russia for years - and thats exactly what they've created.

Interesting cause the victory article they accidentally posted then quickly deleted didn’t even mention NATO once.

But do you know what it did talk about?, the tragedy of Ukrainian independence and fixing that historical “mistake” of 1991.

That sounds more like imperialism than wanting a buffer state to me.

>So they went to Ukraine to gain what?

Thats a different question entirely to who blew up the dam and why.

So you are avoiding that question?

Also it's crystal clear that if russia had not illegally invaded Ukraine no-one would have blown up the dam.

Yes I am avoiding this sharp departure from the original topic.

Then we can discount you argument that they are not crazy or spiteful as you are not willing to discuss refutations.

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