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AngelsNAirwav3s posted...

I don't really see any obvious motives for any country to blow these up. NS 2 was never operational, and NS 1 has been shut down for a couple weeks already because of "technical problems," so Russia was already utilizing the "Remove the sanctions and we can 'fix' the glitch and gas will flow again" strategy. Causing major damage to the pipeline so now they definitely can't be brought on again anytime soon just seems to remove Russia's leverage.

Also I don't see why any NATO country or Ukraine would do this either, gas hasn't been flowing through them for weeks, you would think they would just keep ignoring Russia instead of blowing it up. And of course the idea that the US did this because Biden said "Nord 2 will be stopped one way or another" at the beginning of the year is absurd.

The best I can figure, the Nord 1 pipes were still full of gas, so Russia has every reason to punch holes in them to drain them in case the EU decided to siphon up the rest for winter reserves. Keep in mind Russia has spent months now literally just burning off spare gas because it's easier for them to do so rather than reduce production:
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-62652133

As Europe's energy costs skyrocket, Russia is burning off large amounts of natural gas, according to analysis shared with BBC News.

They say the plant, near the border with Finland, is burning an estimated $10m (8.4m) worth of gas every day.

Experts say the gas would previously have been exported to Germany.

Germany's ambassador to the UK told BBC News that Russia was burning the gas because "they couldn't sell it elsewhere".