Fear of Death and the War for Ukraine
Putin’s invasion may well be driven by dread of his own mortality
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5 min readMar 2, 2022
Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Two days later, blasts could be heard in Kyiv, the capital city. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed his people: “This night they will begin to storm. We all have to know what awaits us, and we have to withstand. The fate of…