POLITICO couldn’t independently confirm the content material or authenticity of the recording.
German media Der Spiegel quoted a spokesperson for German Protection Minister Boris Pistorius as saying the the Army Counterintelligence Service has began an investigation to search out out “whether or not inner communications inside the air pressure” may have been intercepted.
Throughout the recorded dialog, the army officers additionally mentioned potential targets together with the Kerch Bridge linking Russia and occupied Crimea, in keeping with reviews.
Russian propaganda had been fast to criticize Germany over the leaked recording, with former Russian president and prime minister Dmitry Medvedev falsely claiming that German generals had mentioned plans to assault Russian targets in Crimea. The recording solely exhibits German army officers discussing situations by which Ukraine may use the Taurus cruise missiles if Germany had been to produce them.
“Our historic adversaries, the Germans, have as soon as once more was our archenemies,” Medvedev tweeted.