The US insists that sanctions against NS2 will "undermine united front in response to Russia." Ukraine's - frontline's! - stance is not taken into account.
NS2 is not a deterrent. On the contrary, it's an incentive for Putin to further attack Ukraine /1
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NS2 is not a deterrent. On the contrary, it's an incentive for Putin to further attack Ukraine /1
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Why?
1) Putin needs Russian gas to flow to Europe;
2) Ukrainian transmission system is a route of largest capacity. It's well operational & maintained;
3) the fear to damage it & lose gas revenues/ Euro market in longer persp ties Putin in his further actions in Ukraine; /2
1) Putin needs Russian gas to flow to Europe;
2) Ukrainian transmission system is a route of largest capacity. It's well operational & maintained;
3) the fear to damage it & lose gas revenues/ Euro market in longer persp ties Putin in his further actions in Ukraine; /2
4) now Putin has little doubt that NS2 will be working. To speed up the process he is interested in crashing Ukraine & our pipeline. He presumes that in case UA system is destroyed NS2 will not be stopped: Europe won't have much other gas routes available; /3
5) the only real deterrent against Putin would be to #StopNordStream2 once and for all -- now. While Putin is still making final benefit-risk calculations for further invasion.
& this is not the only reason why this geopolitical kleptocratic project should be ended /4
& this is not the only reason why this geopolitical kleptocratic project should be ended /4
Here's a good illustration from @GasTSOua /5 
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