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Putin denies Russian sabotage of Finland-Estonia gas pipeline (kyivindependent.com)
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Putin told reporters in Kyrgyzstan that the notion was "complete rubbish" and said he did not even know the pipeline existed. He also suggested the damage could have been caused by an earthquake.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Could be a small provocation or test to see what they get away with, a show of force ("remember, you're vulnerable") and as you said, plausible deniability.

They can't do any damage that would seriously disrupt the EU without making it extremely likely that Article 5 would be invoked and Russia would now be fighting an open kinetic war on many fronts.