The long time lefty an fellow traveler, Hersh lays claim it to more Russian tall tales once again.
That 5 Russian ships loitered over the broken and useless pipeline for days does not count apparently. Follow the money: there was no more money for Russia from them; destroying the useless pipelines was easily blamed on the US and others for the weak minded to swallow.
(Meant to reply to you.)
In the end no one side may ever really know with absolute certainty, but that rogue, Victoria Nuland, bragged about doing it before and after it was done. So then, one has to go on reasonable probabilities. Did Russia blow up their own $30 billion pipeline, or did Biden do it as he pledged to, because, you know, Cornpop?
At this juncture, and unless proven otherwise, I believe this was an arrogant act of war and injustice by a White House and Deep State government that feels absolutely no pressure whatsoever that they will be called out or held to any account on anything.