Russia's 5D chess game here is really starting to reveal itself. Here's the rundown on what I'm seeing just in one aspect alone:
Recently Gazprom cut gas supplies to "Europe" (Germany) by like 40%. The reason: German company Siemens (semens?) has not done the contracted repair and maintenance work on the gas delivery systems for which it's responsible, because it legally can't due to EU muh zangshuns. So Gazprom is contractually obligated to cut the gas flow due to breach of maintenance contract. This pressures Germany to violate it's own zanktionsz in order to keep things going. We see this in other ways, where the Euros do the international version of mental gymnastics in attempt to maintain gas-flow normalcy while simultaneously putting on airs as if they're really doing the big zangshunz on energy supplies.
This dynamic is related to how Russia told the West to take up their issues about the foreign mercs sentenced 2 deth directly with the DPR, as it's not Russian territory where the alleged crimes took place and Russia has no jurisdiction over the proceedings. This defacto pressures them to officially recognize the DPR, in a way.
Apparently France is now receiving ZERO Russian gas, and it may be tied in with this Siemens thing, since it goes through Germany! All of this is just but a part of the great Russian geopolitical exorcism.
This whole thing, for those who can catch a glimpse of the bigger picture, is unreal, frankly. It's so much more than just blowing things up.