Russian wiretapping: Will it affect debates about German military support for Ukraine? | DW News

The German government says Russia wiretapped a conversation between German air force generals about the war in Ukraine.

The officers are heard discussing Ukrainian forces using German-made Taurus cruise missiles to attack the bridge linking Crimea to Russia. Germany has so far refused to supply Kyiv with the long-range weapons. The defense ministry in Berlin has confirmed that the conversation – which surfaced on social media – was tapped.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz is promising swift clarification of the recording.

For more, we talk DW's Brussels Bureau Chief Alexandra von Nahmen, who is currently in Rome.

And we talk to to Vladimir Esipov from DW Russia.

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