> I was very clear: Russia can’t blackmail the EU with energy if they don’t have a way to deliver it
Only three of the four nord stream pipelines were destroyed. Either the US screwed up or forgot about the fourth one... Whatever the case, Russia still had leverage.
That's for me the main point. The fourth pipeline. There are a lot of actors who would want to destroy the first three pipelines, but I need have a reason why the fourth one wasn't destroyed.
This is _highly_ speculative and take it with a grain of salt:
- There were rumours of the Russian forces using chemical weapons in Mariupol... A couple of days later the flagship moskva goes boom.
- Nord stream blows up... A couple of days later the kerch bridge goes boom.
Only three of the four nord stream pipelines were destroyed. Either the US screwed up or forgot about the fourth one... Whatever the case, Russia still had leverage.
That's for me the main point. The fourth pipeline. There are a lot of actors who would want to destroy the first three pipelines, but I need have a reason why the fourth one wasn't destroyed.
This is _highly_ speculative and take it with a grain of salt:
- There were rumours of the Russian forces using chemical weapons in Mariupol... A couple of days later the flagship moskva goes boom.
- Nord stream blows up... A couple of days later the kerch bridge goes boom.