Boris Pistorius, the German Defense Minister, accused Vladimir Putin this Sunday of seeking to “destabilize Germany”. A statement which follows the broadcast, from Russia, of confidential exchanges between German officers on arms deliveries in the context of the war in Ukraine.
The German Defense Minister on Sunday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of seeking to “destabilize” the country, following the broadcast from Russia of confidential exchanges between German officers on arms deliveries to Ukraine .
“It’s about undermining our unity”
“It is simply a question of using this recording to destabilize” and to undermine the “unity” of Germany, Boris Pistorius told the press in Berlin. “It is clearly about undermining our unity (…), sowing political division internally and I sincerely hope that Putin will not succeed and that we will remain united,” he added . An audio recording of a videoconference meeting of high-ranking officers was broadcast on social media from Russia on Friday.
In this conversation, the participants discuss in particular the hypothesis of the delivery of long-range German-made Taurus missiles to Kiev, what would be necessary to allow Ukrainian forces to use them and their possible impact. The German Defense Ministry confirmed on Saturday that the recording was authentic. And that he had been “intercepted”. Its content is very embarrassing for Germany because Berlin officially refuses to deliver Taurus missiles to kyiv, arguing a risk of escalation of the war.
In addition, the officers are heard revealing details of how the UK and France are helping the Ukrainian army use the Scalp missiles that the two countries are delivering to kyiv.