The Baltic countries want to strengthen Ukraine with weapons.
But Germany sits on the sidelines.
Estonian robotic weapons made in Germany imply a certain strengthening of Ukraine's defense, and for the Baltic countries it is an important symbolic act.
Like Ukraine, they were part of the communist Soviet Union - countries from which the Kremlin wants the United States and NATO to withdraw.
British initiative
Det estniska initiativet kom strax efter det brittiska beskedet tidigare i veckan då Storbritanniens försvarsminister meddelade att de skickar ett vapensystem som kan bekämpa stridsfordon. Han avslöjade dock inte antalet vapen eller vilken sort – men mycket talar för att det handlar om vapen liknande Saabs pansarskott AT4.
Bara några timmar efter uttalandet från London kom de första rapporterna om att de brittiska transportflygplanen undvek tyskt luftrum när de skulle frakta vapnen till Ukraina. De flög i stället en mycket längre rutt över Danmark, rapporterar flera medier baserat på öppna källor.
Det spekulerades i varför.
Tyskland på tvären
There are also reports that in recent months Germany has wanted to stop Ukraine from receiving arms shipments from the United States, despite the United States having its headquarters for its European army on German soil and several strategically important air bases - Ramstein and NATO's Geilenkiechen - among others.
The German resistance was diluted when they now want to stop Estonia from sending German-made robots to Ukraine to strengthen Ukrainian air and armored defense.
Germany refers to an old principle that the country has about not sending German-made weapons to hotbeds of unrest.
But that is their explanation to the outside world.
Russian gas in focus
In fact, it is because they do not want to provoke Russia to choke the gas from Russia.
It warms German households.
One piece in the security policy game is the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, on which both Russia and Germany depend.
Russia wants the revenue and Germany is dependent on gas.
Germany has admittedly "stopped the certification" of the Russian-German gas pipeline.
The German certification in court is needed for the gas pipeline to be able to be used.
The pipeline has been ready for use since last autumn when it was filled with hundreds of millions of cubic meters of natural gas.
The United States has the last word
However, it is very clear that it is the United States that rules over Germany.
US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman recently said that Nord Stream 2 will not open if Russia continues its mobilization at Ukraine's border.
She spoke shortly after meeting her Russian counterpart, Sergei Rybakov, in talks about Ukraine.
Germany is now trying to save what can be saved by staying out of all arms deliveries to Ukraine.
They are fighting to get the Russian gas.
Now it is the United States that decides the future of management, while gas prices in Europe have skyrocketed over the past year.
So it is not just Vladimir Putin who is using the lead in a high security policy game.
So does Joe Biden - a gas pipeline that runs through the Swedish economic zone in the Baltic Sea.
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American sanctions and political debates - see a summary of the tours around Nord stream 2. Photo: SVT / Nord stream 2