On Monday, Annalena Baerbock will travel to Kiev, and in the evening, she will continue on to Moscow. The circumstances of the visit could scarcely be more difficult: The German foreign minister can hardly meet the demands of her Ukrainian hosts for arms deliveries and a halt to Nord Stream 2 – the former out of her own conviction, the latter because of the stubbornness of her coalition partner, the SPD. Meanwhile, growing fears of war are causing energy prices in Europe to go on a rollercoaster ride, prompting the traffic light coalition to debate further aid for strained households.