Germany To Quiz Recording Leak Of Talks On Ukraine War Plans

Germany says it will investigate after a recording leaked of a conversation between several top-ranking German officers on the country’s Ukraine war strategy, Sophie Tanno, and XiaofeI Xu reported for CNN.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called the leak a “very serious matter.” I Photo: European Parliament Flickr

During the conversation, posted online by the head of Russia’s state-backed RT channel, Margarita Simonyan, air force officers discuss the possible delivery of Taurus weapon systems to Ukraine as well as the potential targeting of the Kerch Bridge, which connects the annexed Crimean peninsula to mainland Russia, Mainichi Shimbun also reported.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called the leak a “very serious matter.” “It will now be investigated very carefully, very intensively, and very quickly,” Scholz promised while on a visit to Rome on Saturday.

A spokesperson of the German Defense Ministry confirmed to CNN the recording was authentic.

“According to our assessment, a conversation in the air force sector has been intercepted. We are currently unable to say with certainty whether changes have been made to the recorded or written version circulating on social networks.”

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