Germany launches investigation into leaked Crimea Bridge attack talk — RT World News
Berlin's first reaction to revelations on Friday that several German generals had discussed helping Ukraine attack Russia was to launch an investigation into how the recording got out.
RT's editor-in-chief, Margarita Simonyan, first published a transcript of the conversation between senior Luftwaffe officers discussing the matter, followed by a 38-minute audio recording.
He added: “We are checking whether communications within the Air Force were intercepted.” A German Defense Ministry spokesman told Bild newspaper. “We cannot say anything about the content of the apparently intercepted communications.”
Federal Office of Military Counterintelligence (BAMAD) “I took all necessary measures” The ministry said in response to an inquiry from the German News Agency.
At the same time, the German army also resorted to censorship. Multiple accounts on X (formerly Twitter) that distributed the recording have been banned in Germany as of Friday evening.
Bild claimed so “It seems clear” Russian spies “Or one of their partners.” They were behind the recording
The 38-minute audio recording is dated February 19 and shows four officers of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe), including its chief, General Ingo Gerharz, and deputy chief of staff for operations, Brigadier General Frank Greiffe.
The officers assumed that Germany would send up to 50 long-range Taurus missiles to Ukraine, and the ways in which the Luftwaffe could provide the Ukrainians with targeting information without appearing to be directly involved in the conflict with Russia.
They also pointed to the Ukrainians' obsession with targeting the Kerch Strait Bridge, noting that its importance is primarily political, not military. At some point, Gerhartz admitted that the missiles 'It will not change the course of the war' While another officer expressed doubt that even 20 strikes from the Taurus could actually destroy the bridge.
The Russian Foreign Ministry and Parliament announced that they would demand an explanation from Berlin. Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government did not officially comment on the intercepted call.
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