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The Kakhovka dam and the cheapness of western rhetoric

10 June 2023

4:30 PM

10 June 2023

4:30 PM

Following the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam in Ukraine, politicians in the West have followed the familiar dance of condemnation. ‘If it’s intentional,’ said PM Rishi Sunak, it would be ‘the largest attack on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine since the start of the war’ and represent ‘new lows’ in Russian aggression.

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