May I suggest, all you need to do is trust your eyes and logic. You are a smart guy.
The Germans came out last week and said Ukraine was behind the destruction of the Nordstream pipeline. It makes no sense for Russia to blow up their own pipeline and cut a major source of revenue. I don’t know if what the Germans are saying is the definite truth. I lack a lot of trust these days. Biden has his motives to takeout the pipeline. Maybe the U.S. destroyed it and Germany is saying the Ukrainians did it so they have a reason to cut money and weapons to Ukraine.
As for the dam, there’s tons of misinformation about it. A Freeper was insistent with me that was the case yesterday. Today she sends me video proof. Within three minutes I was able to track down a video of a bridge above a dam that Russia blew up in 2022. That video was edited into the so-called video proof. The Freeper said I was wrong even though the bridge video is dated in 2022. She obviously has bought into support for Ukraine in such the worst way that she does not even believe her own eyes. As for the logic of Russia destroying the dam, there isn’t any. They have zero to gain and obviously plenty of reputation to lose.
I’m not taking sides over any particular event in the war. I’m for America and I don’t want to waste money and arms on a war in a place where we have zero interests.
Some suspect that it was to increase the water flow through the breach, and thus the downstream damage.