They may want to keep that infrastructure for quick post-war activation and use for their own purposes. That should be cheaper and faster than having to rebuild a whole thing.
Reversibility is nice, but the more immediate need is to fuck over Russia’s ability to bring in money from foreign trade. If that doesn’t happen, the ability to get the infrastructure back online will only benefit Russia after it overruns Ukraine.
I mean I’m no saboteur, I just imagine that it’s possible disable a pipeline running through your territory in such a way that it’s possible to re-activate it…
They may want to keep that infrastructure for quick post-war activation and use for their own purposes. That should be cheaper and faster than having to rebuild a whole thing.
Reversibility is nice, but the more immediate need is to fuck over Russia’s ability to bring in money from foreign trade. If that doesn’t happen, the ability to get the infrastructure back online will only benefit Russia after it overruns Ukraine.
I mean I’m no saboteur, I just imagine that it’s possible disable a pipeline running through your territory in such a way that it’s possible to re-activate it…