Friedrich Merz ist Right. Putin by invading Ukraine and attacking cilivian targets in the Ukraine for years now, has become one of the biggest war criminals alive.

History will be the judge - and it does not look good for Putin.

https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/friedrich-merz-ueber-wladimir-putin-russland-reagiert-auf-kriegsverbrecher-aussage-a-b28e7a90-e093-415d-87c8-276dd9690f34