Anka Feldhusen, Germany’s ambassador to Ukraine, speaks with the Kyiv Post on Sept. 16, 2020, outside in the courtyard of the German Embassy. It is located at 25 Bohdana Khmelnytskoho St. in central Kyiv.
International opposition has always been strong to the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which will bypass Ukraine and send more natural gas directly from Russia to Germany.
But now, a growing chorus of voices inside Germany is calling on German Chancellor Angela Merkel to call a halt to the Baltic Sea project that is 94% complete and, once operational, will increase the direct bilateral transit capacity to 110 billion cubic meters when combined with the existing Nord Stream line.
