Did the Russians intend to destroy the Nova Kakhovka dam? (Resolves NO if they intended a significantly lesser sabotage)
Did the Russians intend to destroy the Nova Kakhovka dam? (Resolves NO if they intended a significantly lesser sabotage)
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This market is specifically asking whether the Russians deliberately blew up the dam completely vs whether they intended a lesser sabotage.

An allegedly intercepted phone call released by Ukraine suggested that the Russians intended to sabotage the dam but not to completely destroy it. That is what I am trying to get at with this new market.

Note that this market resolves NO in any of the following scenarios:

  • If anybody else other than the Russians blew it up

  • If it was mismanagement rather than intentional sabotage

  • If it was intentional sabotage, but it was intended to be a significantly lesser amount of damage than actually occurred

To be resolved by the consensus of American sources. I may choose to resolve to Market if there is some ambiguity and the market price seems basically reasonable and not manipulated or an artifact of poor liquidity, but if not, or if it seems pretty clear cut to me, then I'll resolve to my own best judgement of the consensus of trustworthy American sources, including both government sources and news media.

I will probably continue to delay the closing of this market until some consensus emerges and either way will probably wait several months at the minimum unless the evidence is especially clear cut.

See also

Did the Russians (YES), or the Ukrainians (NO) deliberately blow up the Nova Kakhovka dam? (Otherwise N/A)N/A

Did the Russians deliberately blow up the Nova Kakhovka dam? (Resolves NO if it was negligence rather than sabotage)64%

Will the ICC or similar tribunal find Russians guilty of war crimes re the Nova Kakhovka dam failure?39%

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