The debate over Ukraine aid has been heating up in Berlin as Ukraine has faced setbacks on the battlefield and the latest package of U.S. military aid to Ukraine has been mired in political debate in Congress.
In the controversial audio recording, released by Russia Today editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan, officials from Germany’s armed forces, the Bundeswehr, discuss how the air force could provide technical support for the delivery of Taurus missiles following a hypothetical political decision by Chancellor Scholz. POLITICO couldn’t independently verify the content or authenticity of the recording.
During the recorded conversation, the military officials also reportedly discussed possible targets including the Kerch Bridge linking Russia and occupied Crimea.
Germany’s Military Counterintelligence Service has started an investigation to find out “whether internal communications within the air force” could have been intercepted, the German defense ministry said on Saturday.