Russia’s Drowned-Earth Strategy

The sentiment was echoed by Ukrainian internal affairs adviser Anton Gerashchenko, who told Newsweek that the destruction of the dam “is a signal that Russia uses ‘scorched-earth’ tactics.”

“Russian authorities are not able to calculate the consequences of their actions but they most definitely do not care about the life and future well-being of their civilians,” Gerashchenko said, “not just Ukrainians—their own population, too.”