plunging Europe into an assured cold winter rather than a very likely one?
The winter already happened and Europe was just fine. Stop repeating the Russian propaganda narrative after it has been proven false.
Nord Stream 2 was never in operation and was never going to be.
Germany and other countries went on a buying spree last August which eliminated any chance of shortages, hence why you saw news stories of energy prices spiking at that time. Those prices came back down before the pipeline blew up.
The winter already happened and Europe was just fine. Stop repeating the Russian propaganda narrative after it has been proven false.
Nord Stream 2 was never in operation and was never going to be.
Germany and other countries went on a buying spree last August which eliminated any chance of shortages, hence why you saw news stories of energy prices spiking at that time. Those prices came back down before the pipeline blew up.