I agree 100%.
The Nordstream pipelines were his probably most useful bargaining chips against Germany and most of Western Europe (apart form WMDs.)
Not even the partially demented TFG would have given it away.
No, the players might have been Ukrainian nationals, but not in the service of Ukraine or Russia. Quite to the contrary, the highest likelyhood for me still is that the real culprits are to be found among #BigOil.
They had the most to gain. And doubly so....