>> My personal hypothesis about the dam is that it was negligence and perhaps a misguided attempt to "partially demolish it". >Why? I would agree with that, b

>> My personal hypothesis about the dam is that it was negligence and perhaps a misguided attempt to "partially demolish it". >Why? I would agree with that, because it is consistent with the general state of affairs in Russian army and government structures responsible for Ukraine. They lack intellectual capacity to evaluate all the consequences of their actions or inaction. Even if they had it, the responsible people may have not communicated it to the peers - only to the command vertical, where the message could have been lost or did not reach decision makers in time.