- Germany has accused Russia of trying to destablise it
- RT published an leaked audio file of German officers discussing striking Crimea
- Crimea has been under Russian occupation since 2014
Russian President Vladimir Putin is seeking to sow disunity with the wiretap leak of a confidential German army discussion on the Ukraine war, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Sunday.
‘It is about using this recording to destabilise and unsettle us,’ said the German minister, adding that he ‘hoped that Putin will not succeed’.
The German defence ministry on Saturday said it was checking whether a confidential videoconference on the Ukraine war had been wiretapped after a recording was posted on Russian social media.
The head of Russia’s state-backed RT channel, Margarita Simonyan, on Friday posted a 38-minute audio recording of what she claimed were German officers discussing striking Crimea, which has been occupied by Russia since 2014.
‘We are investigating whether communications in the air force sector were intercepted,’ a spokeswoman for the defence ministry told AFP.
Defence Minister Boris Pistorius (pictured) said on Sunday that Russia was trying to destablise the country
The head of Russia ‘s state-backed RT channel, Margarita Simonyan, on Friday posted a 38-minute audio recording of what she claimed were German officers discussing striking Crimea (File image)
Putin has been accused of trying to destabilise Germany
In the recording, discussions can be heard on the possible use by Ukrainian forces of German-made Taurus missiles and their potential impact.
Other topics include aiming the missiles at targets such as a key bridge linking Russian-occupied Crimea to the Russian mainland over the Kerch strait.
Experts consulted by Der Spiegel magazine said they believed the recording was authentic.
Kyiv has long been clamouring for Germany to provide it with Taurus missiles, which can reach targets up about 300 miles away.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has so far refused to send the missiles, fearing that it would lead to an escalation of the conflict.
In the recording, discussions can be heard on the possible use by Ukrainian forces of German-made Taurus missiles and their potential impact (File image)
According to Der Spiegel, the videoconference was held not on a secret internal army network but on the WebEx platform (File image)
A soldier of the Ukrainian Volunteer Army prepares ammunition to fire at Russian front line positions near Bakhmut
A Ukrainian soldier of an artillery unit fires towards Russian positions outside Bakhmut
‘If this story turns out to be true, it would be a highly problematic event,’ Green party politician Konstantin von Notz told the RND broadcaster.
‘The question arises as to whether this is a one-off incident or a structural safety problem,’ he added.
Roderich Kiesewetter, from the opposition conservatives, warned that further recordings may also be leaked.
‘A number of other conversations will certainly have been intercepted and may be leaked at a later date for Russia’s benefit,’ he told broadcaster ZDF.
It can be assumed ‘that the conversation was deliberately leaked by Russia at this point in time with a specific intention’, namely ‘to prevent Taurus delivery by Germany’, he said.
According to Der Spiegel, the videoconference was held not on a secret internal army network but on the WebEx platform.
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