The chair of the Defense Committee, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann (FDP), is open to arms deliveries to Ukraine: "The delivery of defensive arms could be a way to support Ukraine," she told the portal "t-online.de". .

In the event of a Russian attack on Ukraine, Strack-Zimmermann assumes that the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project will also be stopped.

"We agreed in our coalition agreement that no weapons should be delivered to crisis areas," said the FDP politician, but added: "In view of the current situation and the impact on our continent, we should reconsider this in a specific case." She criticized sharply to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“The Russian President lives in the past – and wants to go back there.

In a way, he dreams of a Soviet Union 2.0,” she said.

Strack-Zimmermann received support from the security policy spokesman for the CDU/CSU.

"It is a mistake by the government to prematurely rule out measures to prevent a complete escalation," he told the FAZ. "I therefore consider deliveries of weapons for self-defense to be absolutely conceivable."

On Wednesday, opposition to Strack-Zimmermann's demands arose in her party. The deputy leader of the FDP parliamentary group, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, said in a round to journalists that he rejected arms deliveries. He also finds the term defensive weapons difficult. If you look at the history of military conflicts, these weapons could be used for other purposes, he said.

“The coalition agreement applies and German law applies.

German law is more important than the coalition agreement for a rule-of-law party,” said Lambsdorff.

"The War Weapons Control Act and the Foreign Trade Ordinance prohibit the delivery of weapons to areas of tension, areas of crisis, war zones." However, it is also clear that Ukraine itself produces armaments and exports military equipment, according to Lambsdorff.

It could be that she is not dependent on equipment assistance.

The Green foreign politician and candidate for the Green Party presidency, Omid Nouripour, also rejected arms deliveries to Ukraine.

"What has been said, lethal weapons are out of the question, still applies," Nouripour told Die Welt news channel.

Nevertheless, there is security cooperation with Ukraine that will continue.

Former Federal Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel (SPD) questioned the commissioning of Nord Stream 2 in view of the Russian war threats.

He referred to the deployment of Russian troops on the Ukrainian border on Deutschlandfunk.

This indicates that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is "an unfortunately conceivable realistic scenario".

He still hopes that Russia is making threats, but this is not certain.

So far, Gabriel has been considered a staunch supporter of Nord Stream 2. Now the SPD politician has pointed out that the security of Ukraine and its energy supply have always been conditions for the project.

"If Russia attacks Ukraine, then of course there will be no Nord Stream 2."

Scholz referred to statements in this regard by Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) on Tuesday in Madrid, according to which "everything is on the table".

It must now be made clear to the Russian side with a view to a military escalation: "It will be expensive," said Gabriel.