Despite opposition by the US, Ukraine and much of the EU, construction of the German part of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline started this week,

Despite opposition by the US, Ukraine and much of the EU, construction of the German part of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline started this week, reports German’s DW News. Ships and crews are working on the German land terminal, near Lubmin in the Greifswald Gulf. Work started as Francis Fannon, assistant secretary of state for Energy Resources, visited Kyiv, met with Prime Minister Groysman, and talked to the Kyiv Post about “our strong unqualified opposition to Nord Stream 2.” If the pipeline is completed in two years, as promised, Russia will no longer need to send gas through Ukraine.