That's quite a good answer, The question still is 'who started it'. I hope you are keeping safe if you are still in Ukraine.Ironically, this question doesn't have a simple answer yes or no, as it might seem. An answer that lies on the ground is 'no, it hadn't'. Germany would be glad to keep getting Russian recourses at an affordable price and having access to their market.
But there is the other side of a coin. Eastern Europe views a too close rapprochement between Germany and Russia as an existential threat. And further moving in this direction would cause counter-measures like forming new political and military alliances.