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
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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…