Germany’s Merz says Sumy assault ‘struggle crime’ by Russia – DW – 04/14/2025

Germany’s possible subsequent chancellor Friedrich Merz has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of committing a struggle crime after a Russian missile attack killed not less than 34 individuals, together with youngsters, within the Ukrainian metropolis of Sumy.

The chief of the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) informed German public broadcaster ARD on Sunday that the lethal Russian missile assault was “a deliberate and calculated struggle crime.”