There are three possibilities here:
1- US/NATO/Ukraine were behind the attack, in an attempt to force Putin to escalate, and drag NATO into full-scale WW3.
2- Russia were behind the attack to justify significant escalation.
3- Unknown entity carried out for unknown reasons.
Option 1 seems like the most plausible, because the West are the only ones who could possibly benefit from this situation. Putin already has all the support he needs to do whatever the hell he wants, he does not need to kill his own civilians to justify a war he is already in, fresh off an election where he got 88% of the vote.
Deep State actors are the ones who are desperate to start a global war. It solves all of their problems. They can cancel the US election, further extend their power, and the war machine keeps getting paid.
Would they start WW3 to stop Trump? Absolutely.
I take no exception to your expressed narrative and opinion.
Let us pray.
Europe has always been a shitstorm. WWI, WWII and now the potential of WWII.
Middle East is percolating . CCP is preparing for Taiwan and NOKO for SOKO.
Biden is in the basement for a Diaper change.
Jill is having Ben and Jerry's thawed from the freezer.
As the world turns.
Does Putin know where the heart of the deep state actors is & where to surgically strike back to make the point without starting WWIII which he really doesn’t want?