BERLIN — The former German chancellor remains unrepentant. During a recent stop in Hungary to promote her memoir, “Freedom,” Angela Merkel suggested Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine could have been avoided. If only there had been no Covid pandemic, she said, if only Eastern European leaders hadn’t once refused talks with Vladimir Putin, the Russian president may not have ordered the invasion. Coming at a time when Europe is wrestling with how to counter Russia’s escalating aggression,

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