[sschueller]

That makes no sense. Russia is building a pipeline directly to Germany and the ones opposed to it is the US.

Russia doesn't want to support the Ukraine with gas but it want to sell it to Europe.

[Reichhardt]

The purpose of the pipeline is precisely to bypass Ukraine and connect into Germany directly. That way Russia can declare war on Ukraine whilst gas connectivity is maintained. Nordstream also avoids going through Polish territory.

Its basically the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact all over again.