Ukraine war: German call leak due to individual error, minister says - BBC News

One participant in an air force meeting used an insecure line - allowing Russia to intercept the call.

3 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsWar in UkraineImage source, ReutersImage caption, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said partners' trust in Germany was "not broken"By Jessica Parker and Laura GozziBBC News in Berlin and LondonA meeting of senior German air force officials was leaked by Russian sources after an "individual error", Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has said.

He said an investigation had ruled out that a Russian spy had taken part in the call without being noticed.

Mr Pistorius said the call had been leaked as a participant had dialled in via an insecure line.

This made it possible for Russia to intercept the conversation, he said.

In the recording, four senior German military officers are seemingly heard discussing the prospect of Ukraine using German-made Taurus cruise missiles to hit the Kerch Bridge, which links Russia to the Crimean peninsula, illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014.

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