Senior German air force officers appeared to discuss supplying missiles to Ukraine in phone call recording
German chancellor Olaf Scholz has promised a full investigation after Russia published a recording of a phone call between senior German air force officers in which they appeared to discuss supplying missiles to Ukraine. Speaking on the sidelines of a meeting with Pope Francis in Rome, Scholz described the incident as a “very serious affair”. “It will be investigated very carefully, intensively and quickly,” he said. “It is also necessary to do so.
There was shock in Berlin that the security of army communications had been compromised in such a flagrant way, with many senior politicians demanding root-and-branch reform of Germany’s counter-espionage capabilities. Konstantin von Notz, a senior Green MP, said it must be swiftly established if the “eavesdropping scandal is a one-time event or a structural problem”.
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