Crafting a Creative Kerch Bridge Statement

Has John Brennan been summoned to White House to help craft a creative statement blaming Russia for blowing up its own bridge to Crimea, just as he “explained” how it blew up Baltic pipelines? Zelensky advisor Podolyak is now helping despite taking credit earlier.

https://msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-ukrainian-presidential-advisor-has-suggested-that-moscow-was-involved-in-the-blast-on-the-bridge-which-links-the-occupied-crimean-peninsula-to-the-russian-mainland-on-saturday/ar-AA12K4nW?cvid=1d1c4b587995406a98d900145e373b4e

Kiev Brags About Blowing Up Kerch Bridge

A view shows a fire on the Kerch bridge at sunrise in the Kerch Strait, Crimea, October 8, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer

Kiev is bragging about blowing up the Kerch bridge. Did US have prior knowledge? Which would be worse: that US did know or did not? Was the odd NYT report denying foreknowledge of Dugina killing aimed at providing ‘preemptive plausible deniability’ about such actions?
https://nytimes.com/2022/10/05/us/politics/ukraine-russia-dugina-assassination.html