{"id":1360986,"date":"2026-02-21T18:10:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T16:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/the-german-chancellor-compared-the-actions-of-russians-to-the-nazis\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T18:10:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T16:10:01","slug":"the-german-chancellor-compared-the-actions-of-russians-to-the-nazis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/the-german-chancellor-compared-the-actions-of-russians-to-the-nazis\/","title":{"rendered":"The German Chancellor compared the actions of Russians to the Nazis."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-25\">\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&#038;:has([data-writing-block])>*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(&#8211;header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]&#8221; dir=&#8221;auto&#8221; tabindex=&#8221;-1&#8243; data-turn-id=&#8221;request-698713f3-5410-832a-a41b-f7d389cfd3e7-0&#8243; data-testid=&#8221;conversation-turn-154&#8243; data-scroll-anchor=&#8221;true&#8221; data-turn=&#8221;assistant&#8221;><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&#038;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"ce6a21aa-9018-4bc0-acb7-98a98ce62663\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-2\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word dark markdown-new-styling\"><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"84\" data-end=\"309\"> <strong>German Chancellor <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Friedrich Merz<\/span><\/span> stated that the Russian regime&#8217;s actions against Ukraine are reminiscent of Nazi methods.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"84\" data-end=\"309\"> He said this during the party congress <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">of the Christian Democratic Union<\/span><\/span> in Stuttgart.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"311\" data-end=\"611\"> According to Merz, Russian aggression is accompanied by &#8220;unbearable Nazi propaganda&#8221; against Ukrainians\u2014a people who have historically suffered under the tyranny of two totalitarian regimes. He emphasized that Germany categorically rejects such a policy and will continue to support Ukraine unconditionally.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"613\" data-end=\"823\"> The Chancellor also warned against attempts to appease the aggressor. He believed that concessions cannot ensure lasting peace, and historical experience shows that a policy of fertilization only encourages further acts of aggression.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"825\" data-end=\"995\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"> Merz called on European countries to abandon &#8220;naive pacifism&#8221; and learn to speak with Russia &#8220;in the language of strength&#8221; in order to prevent larger-scale conflicts in the future. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"z-0 flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\"> Also follow <strong>&#8220;Pryamy&#8221;<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"mt-3 w-full empty:hidden\"><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":1171396,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76874,76875],"class_list":["post-1360986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-war","category-other-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1360986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1360986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1360986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1171396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1360986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1360986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}