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Politico (3 March 2024)

BY JOSHUA POSANER AND HENRY DONOVAN

Russia obtained a call by German officers discussing a hypothetical export of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine.

Russia used the leak of a confidential call between top German military officers as part of an "information war" to destabilize the country, Germany's Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said Sunday.

The 38-minute recording first emerged on Friday, published by Russia's state media RT and later confirmed by the German government. In it, four senior Bundeswehr officers, reportedly including Air Force chief Ingo Gerhartz and Brigadier General Frank Gräfe, discuss the hypothetical export of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine and how they could be used to attack Russian infrastructure.

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