The destruction of the Nova Kakhovka Dam was an act of desperation by a failing autocrat who thinks of himself as a reincarnated Peter the Great and a nation that still lives in a mindset of rite of passage for territorial conquest. These acts of desperation will not deter Ukraine nor Western support but make it even more likely Ukraine's defense and membership in the European Union and NATO will be solidified by the war's end.
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In 1941, Joseph Stalin destroyed a dam on the Dnipro River to thwart Russia s enemy. Eighty-two years later, it is believed that Vladimir Putin has followed in his Soviet predecessor s footsteps.