Boris Pistorius, head of the German Ministry of Defense, did not rule out the possibility that the country’s Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office could file a criminal case over the interception of a conversation between senior military personnel. The publication reports that ZDF.
“As far as I know, the Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has not filed a lawsuit yet. “I am sure that if starting points pointing to illegal actions emerge, the competent authorities will of course launch an investigation,” Pistorius said.
Before that Pistorius statedHe said German officers’ discussions about transferring Taurus missiles to Ukraine did not mean Kiev would receive the shells. The head of the Ministry of Defense explained that the military is talking about “various scenarios”, some of which include sending the Taurus to Ukraine, but in reality this has not yet been confirmed. Pistorius also described the leak of officers’ conversations as part of Russia’s “information war” and expressed hope that the first results of the investigation into the “leak” would emerge early next week.
The text of the conversation between German officers discussing the possibility of supplying Taurus missiles to Ukraine and claiming plans to attack the Crimean bridge and ammunition depots was published on March 1. The German Ministry of Defense later confirmed that the phones of high-ranking officers of the German army were tapped, but the ministry could not say whether the version of the conversation had been changed. More details material “Newspapers.Ru”.
Previously former Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl statedLeaked conversation between German officers points to a lack of professionalism on the part of the German army elite.