Intelligence wiretapping of senior German/Berlin soldiers: a call was made from an insecure line

Boris Pistorius on Tuesday denied Russian access to Germany’s communications lines and emphasized that the conversation was likely to have been accidentally intercepted and there was no defect in the communication, Reuters reported. There is no German security system.

He said: It is possible that Russia accidentally listened to the conversation of senior German military officials, and research shows that our country’s security system has no flaws.

Last week, Russian media published an audio file of a meeting of German officials on the Webex platform, in which they discussed the delivery of weapons to Ukraine and a possible attack by Kiev on a bridge in Crimea.

Pistorius said: Our communication systems have not been compromised and this incident was only an operational mistake by one person.

He said: The use of the webbox platform usually has no security restrictions, and therefore such access cannot be considered as a security flaw in his country. Nevertheless, the German security authorities are investigating the issue.

The German defense minister claimed that Russia leaked the call in an attempt to create a rift between Germany and its allies.

In this phone call, Ingo Gerharts, the head of the German Air Force, talks to three senior military officials about the possibility of sending long-range Taros missiles to Ukraine.

After revealing this audio file, Olaf Schultz said yesterday that it is impossible to deliver a long-range missile system, but he did not think about how to control these weapons.

He said: If German soldiers are supposed to be present in Ukraine to control and work with this system, it will be impossible to send this system.

Germany has so far resisted sending Taurus missiles to Ukraine because it fears a direct conflict with Russia.