Easily? It would be at least 18 months, i.e., likely after the war is over. And even then, German industry won't just start back up where it was. Prior to the sabotage Peter Zeihan was predicting that if Germany lost access to gas for even a short time, its industry would be not be able to recover for 5 years or more. Since he's usually right, RIP to German bros.
Then it is far less plausible. The slight propaganda bump with communities who already mostly don't support Ukraine would not be worth the massive amount of lost money and time.
Admittedly if they can easily fix it then it could be a small propaganda gain for minimal loss, so them blowing it up isn't all that crazy after all.
Easily? It would be at least 18 months, i.e., likely after the war is over. And even then, German industry won't just start back up where it was. Prior to the sabotage Peter Zeihan was predicting that if Germany lost access to gas for even a short time, its industry would be not be able to recover for 5 years or more. Since he's usually right, RIP to German bros.
Then it is far less plausible. The slight propaganda bump with communities who already mostly don't support Ukraine would not be worth the massive amount of lost money and time.