No, Nordstream is an offshore pipeline under the Baltic sea and unless Zselinski moved the borders quietly-like, it has nothing to do with Ukraine.
Wait, you're half right and I blew it on the name. Both Nordstreams bypass Ukraine but the original pipelines go through Ukraine and collect billions of USD/year for Ukraine. Still.
Nordstream 1 started in 2011, before that all of it went through Ukraine. In 2006 Ukraine and Russia had a spat, stopped shipments, Europe suffered, hence part of the impetus to build the Nordstreams. Ukraine lines are still operational tho, and making Ukraine big money.
N2 would probably cut that back to minimal and someone, somewhere would be very unhappy after investing a lot of cash in a Ukrainian puppet government. And it wasn't a Russian plot, Angela Merkel was a big supporter of the second pipeline that bypassed Ukraine. In her opinion, apparently Ukraine was not reliable.
Oops by me on the naming, sorry, however, not on the pipeline facts. Something is going on behind the scenes which we are not allowed to see. Someone is getting their pocketbook gored bigtime (as well as the fact that the US wants missiles in Ukraine).
This ain't no situation of "crazed madman on the loose" like the
Washington Post and others proclaim loudly.
I'm kind of wondering how long Europe will be happy with no natural gas, or double-prices, just to make Washington happy ? are they just playing Stepan Fetchit for a while until LetsGoBrandon is out of office ?
Was Putin smart enough to wait until
after winter so as to antagonize Europe the least ? Crush the Ukraine missiles NATO thing, then let it all cool off before going back to normal ? Because the US position here is 180* out from what is best for Europe. Biden is a fuckup, he'll be gone entirely, the US will be totally involved in the next election cycle soon and whatever he does about inflation will be a fiasco, Germany and Russia quietly open the valves and viola, Russia gets rid of the puppet Ukraine problem, Europe gets their gas at reasonable prices, and Washington proves they are fools once again ?
Looks to me like maybe someone is using their head, because invasions aren't normally an impulse purchase.