This is actually a very good point. As much as I love sticking it to the US, it's hard not to notice how much Ukraine benefitted from this. The whole goal of N

This is actually a very good point. As much as I love sticking it to the US, it's hard not to notice how much Ukraine benefitted from this. The whole goal of NS1/2 was to avoid dealing with Ukraine, but now there is little threat to their gas transportation system and Russia has to pay extra to Ukraine for pumping gas to Europe (and they even raised the fee recently). Still, I doubt Ukraine could have done it alone, but I expect it would make a perfect scapegoat if things get too dangerous for the real mastermind.