Germany’s defense minister defends his senior officers against the army wiretapping scandal

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency, quoted From “De Sight” publication, Boris Pistorius, the Federal Minister of Defense of Germany, made a speech in front of the senior officers of the Air Force after the special meeting of the Defense Committee on the scandal of the wiretapping of the German military by Russia. In response to a question, he confirmed that his air force inspector, Ingo Gerharts, was the second of the four participants to connect and communicate through an unsecured line. At the same time, he said that he should wait for the investigation before the possible legal consequences. Fool Russian President Vladimir Putin and throw out our best officers, whether they have made a mistake or not, and this is exactly what Putin wants.

Recently, it was revealed that a Russian intelligence service had intercepted a conference call of four high-ranking German air force officers. They had discussed the operational scenarios of the German cruise missile in case of delivery of the Taurus to Ukraine. The meeting said that there are still unanswered questions.

As ​​a general lesson from this incident, Pistorius stated that once again the awareness of security issues in the military Germany increases and, if necessary, strengthens the protection systems used. The German defense minister also said it should now be clear to everyone outside the Bundeswehr that “mobile communications are sometimes carried out carelessly.” He said: “But even with better security measures, such incidents of wiretapping can never be completely ruled out.” investigate information.

In an interview published by Russian state radio and television, four senior German military officers, including Air Force Chief Ingo Gerharts, discussed possible deployment scenarios. German Taurus cruise missile talks about delivery to Ukraine be According to the information of the German news agency, the officers talked to each other through the Webox communication application. It is under investigation.

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