Here's an update from Friedrich Merz of the Based Department:
>Merz said in his interview on German TV: "He (Putin) is a war criminal. He is perhaps the most serious war criminal of our time that we currently see on a large scale. And we must simply be clear about how one deals with war criminals. There, appeasement is out of place."
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/kremlin-says-merz-views-ukraine-talks-dont-matter-after-putin-war-criminal-2025-09-03/
