Not to spite. But to be able to blame the US. As I stated, look at what kind of damage was done. Was it pinpoint enough so you could repair in a matter of days? Biden opened his trap up and said he would blow it up, so this was a perfect gift for Putin to pull a “Reichstag” type of event. If you look at how it is being portrayed, it very well could be a false flag. If Putin just wanted to stop selling to Europe, he would have just shut in the valves. I certainly do not believe he would purposefully do major damage to his own pipelines, but he could use it to his advantage.