Merkel marks 80 years since Nazi invasion of Soviet Union
By DW
26 June 2021 |
4:14 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has described the June 1941 invasion as a cause for "shame." In her weekly video podcast, she also criticized modern-day crackdowns in Russia and Belarus.
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