Russia-Germany spy scandal: What it means for Ukraine & NATO | DW News

Well the German government says Russia wiretapped a conversation between it senior German officers as they discussed the war in Ukraine the officers talked about whether Ukraine could use german-made cruise missiles to attack the bridge linking Russia to occupy Crimea Chancellor Olaf Schultz is calling the leak very serious and authorities have opened an

Investigation it’s an explosive leak that is sending shock waves through Germany’s political and Military establishment a recording of a conversation between high-ranking Air Force officers they talk about this Taurus a longrange cruise missile capable of taking out bunkers and other fortified facilities the officers speak about sending them to Ukraine they also

Mention possible targets including the Kirch Bridge leaking Crimea with Russia seen by Ukraine as a symbol of Russian occupation one officer allegedly says this we’ve looked closely at the bridge it is unfortunately like a landing strip due to its size that means it is entirely possible we would need 10 or 20

Missiles it’s a major embarrassment for German Chancellor Olaf Schultz he’s promised to get to the bottom of the leak what’s being reported is very serious that’s why it’s necessary to begin a very thorough intensive and Rapid investigation Schultz has so far refused to send tourist missiles to Ukraine to

The frustration of many lawmakers he concerned they could be used to hit Targets on Russian soil the recording was posted to social media by Margarita simonan the head of Russian State broadcaster RT Kremlin officials are clearly enjoying the moment I don’t know how to describe what happened but our NATO col colleagues are

Obviously involved and I don’t know how they will explain that to their own population Germany’s military is scrambling to plug the leak and wondering whether any more of its conversations could have been taped for more let’s bring in DW correspondent Jack perck who joins us from Brussels good to see you jack so

How are Germany’s allies reacting to all of these re relationss has there been some sort of official statement from NATO or any other allies so I reach to Nato earlier today and they said simply as expected frankly we do not comment on intelligence clearly what was recorded in these

Recordings that the Russian State broadcaster RT had published were intelligence conversations and that is extremely difficult for uh NATO and obviously the German uh government to to look into because of how sensitive this information is we saw Sergey lavalo the Russian foreign minister it’s clear that

This plays very much into the hands of the Russian narrative um surrounding the war in Ukraine so NATO is unlikely to make any public statements clearly about the details of this uh of this uh leak but what they will try to do is try to isolate it support the German government

In order to try and find out where this came from and what happened uh but will not comment further on the actual details inside of this because because of the the war of narratives that exists between NATO and the Russian government so just how concerned are NATO countries about the extent of

Russia’s Espionage activities I mean could this incident have been merely the tip of the iceberg this is the big question how much further does this go and we’ll have to wait and see because frankly as well what we understand stand from some of the information Des spegel the German

Paper reported that actually this conversation between these senior German air force officials were was recorded over an unsecure link via WebEx it wasn’t a high secured intelligence uh link according to to their reporting and that is very concerning that such such sensitive intelligence is being shared over there and then that raises the

Question how much more might have been recorded what else can be said also in the recording there was some discussion that perhaps the British could be involved in such a project around the tourist missiles the Brits are yet to comment as well I think what we’ll see

Is sort of real sense of intelligence damage limitation the other countries do not want to be dragged in this into this they want to keep it related uh and and keep it focused on Germany where the league came came from that was DW’s Jack perck in Brussels for us Jack thanks a

Lot for your reporting

The German government says Russia wiretapped a conversation between senior German officers as they discussed the war in Ukraine. The officers talked about whether Ukraine could use German-made cruise missiles to attack the bridge linking Russia to occupied Crimea. Chancellor Olaf Scholz is calling the leak ‘very serious’ and authorities have opened an investigation.

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02:19 DW’s Jack Parrock reports from Brussels

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25 comments

  1. You guys are hilarious. So glad the Russians tapped their phone lines. This would be attacking a civilian infrastructure against a country they not at war with officially putting all German citizens at risk without their knowledge and vote on the matter. So much for democracy .

  3. If the Ukrainians and the Russians end up wiping each other out, are you guys going to resurrect your Generalplan Ost and move in? My Grandfather , who was a mining engineer, would have been moved to the Donbas from Northern Europe as a “Wehrbauer”. Looking at that area, I’m glad we weren’t forced to move as it looks awful compared with the mountains and lakes I am used to.

  6. I've held this perspective for quite some time: the mentalities of the five Germanic barbarian tribes—the Vandals, Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Franks, and Burgundians—have remained largely unchanged; they've merely undergone rebranding. The Anglo-Saxons persist as civilization disruptors, much as they were in the not-so-distant past. The issue lies in their adeptness at deceiving the rest of the world, with the exception of the Chinese and Russians. The Russians, in particular, possess a keen awareness of the nature of their dealings with the Anglo-Saxons.

  8. If I say to someone else that it would take 5 tomahawk missiles to destroy the bridge! Would that make me someone in the military discussing targeting a Russian asset? Btw they never identified who was talking?

  19. Just saying, we Germans are not surprised. Our goverment employees sometimes doesn't even have an e-mail address, so…

    Internet is kind of a new thing for elder people here…

  21. Wrong questions – what is the reaction of the German people !!! This is putting the democracy at risk – army making plans without politics

  23. Ha! NATO’s plans to bomb a bridge and murder citizens and sabotage an innocent country’s well-being and livelihood is “too sensitive” because it might play in with a so-called “narrative” of a country which these NATO saboteur (aka terrorists) were caught conspiring against in the first place!
    Imagine a rape victim being told “I’m sorry but the video your children took of your stalkers plotting to accost you is inadmissible as the perpetrator’s defense attorney says allowing such footage to be seen in court would reveal ‘sensitive’ facts regarding the aggressor which might ‘fit in with your narrative’ and — let’s face it — you DO have a reputation according to the perp who is VERY credible, despite his long criminal history of having humbled you, and other victims, in the past.” 🙄🤨

  25. "We had brokered a deal to transition power in Ukraine" – Obama to CNN on February 1st, 2015, CNN Press room archives)

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