I think that's far from clear, verging on very naive. They spent the existence of both pipelines trying doing exactly what you described but could not stop them

I think that's far from clear, verging on very naive. They spent the existence of both pipelines trying doing exactly what you described but could not stop them. Clearly they meant bomb it. And, no, I'm not saying they did. As my other comment indicates Russiais just as if not more likelythe culprit.