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The motive is clear against the background of what Russia was doing at the time - throttling the gas supply through Nordstream 1 in order to discourage Western European countries from supporting Ukraine militarily.
Blowing it up ripped that plaster off, denied Russia their ‘energy weapon’, and forced European countries to finally address their energy dependence on Russia. Top result all round.
Interesting thinking behind it - can't be involved if he (Zelensky) didn't know.
Also I wonder what's the motive - to put blame and more pressure both on Russia and EU?
But anyway - fuck Russia, fuck their infrastructure and fuck their umbilical cord to Germany.
It had to be done.