The Bundestag has held an emergency hearing related to the risk of Russian military aggression against Ukraine, Novoe Vremya reported.

The debate was initiated by the CDU-CSU bloc, formerly led by Angela Merkel. Experts say that, once in opposition, the CDU-CSU is planning to call on the new German government to continue Merkel's policy of supporting Ukraine.

"Ukraine must remain sovereign, and we must prevent any attempt at military intervention. We must stand with Ukraine on this issue and urge Russia not to take steps that threaten Ukraine's sovereignty. The Russian government should not represent the conflict in eastern Ukraine as an internal one. And pretend to be a bystander. No! Russia is a party to the conflict! Russia is the aggressor who has violated international law, thereby disrupting the peace order of all of Europe," said Neil Schmidt, a member of the Bundestag.

As a result of the hearings, all German factions except for AfD and the "leftists", which in Germany are traditionally accused of close relations with the Kremlin, came out with a unified position to oppose Russia in any of its actions directed against the sovereignty of Ukraine.