UkrInform: Berlin insists that Ukraine should maintain gas transit roleBy UkrInform. Published July 9, 2021. Updated July 9 at 4:08 pm The German flag flys outside the Reichstag, the building which houses the Bundestag (the German lower house of parliament) on Feb. 24, 2021 in Berlin. Photo by AFPGermany is interested in Ukraine as a gas transit country regardless of the launch of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.Read more here.