If you search YouTube you will find videos of Biden and Victoria Nuland repeatedly saying, one way or the other the Nord Stream Pipeline would be ended.
Putin and Russia have both had major energy sanctions placed on them by most of the Western World, blowing up the pipeline would do nothing but reduce Russian revenues while engaging a major war.
Who do you think had the motive to take out the pipeline ??
> Who do you think had the motive to take out the pipeline ?? <
Pretty much everyone except Russia. As you noted, Russia would gain nothing by destroying its own pipeline.
Awhile back I was reading an article written by a pipeline expert. He guessed that the explosion was not caused by sabotage, but by a maintenance failure. He went into some detail about how it could happen.
I’m not saying I believe that. But it’s something to consider.