The German authorities has warned the West towards enjoying Moscow’s sport following the ‘Crimean Bridge assault’ audio leak
The German authorities has brushed apart claims that it’s getting ready for a army confrontation with Russia as “absurd.” Final week, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev raised such a risk after a leaked cellphone name between senior German officers discussing a possible assault on the Crimean Bridge was revealed.
Any claims stating that the recording proves Germany is preparing for a conflict with Russia are nothing however “absurd, notorious Russian propaganda,” the federal government’s deputy spokesman Wolfgang Buechner advised journalists at a press convention in Berlin on Monday. He additionally maintained that such conclusions may “by no means” be drawn from the officers’ dialog.
The 38-minute-long alternate reportedly befell on February 19 between 4 officers of the German Air Power, together with its commander, Lt. Gen. Ingo Gerhartz. They talked about operational and concentrating on particulars of Taurus long-range missiles, which Berlin was contemplating supplying to Kiev. The officers notably explored the choice of the missiles getting used towards the Crimean Bridge and methods to keep believable deniability within the occasion of such an assault.
On Monday, Buechner branded the leak itself an try by Moscow to separate the Germans and put a wedge between Berlin and different European nations. “That is undoubtedly an try… to divide society in Germany but in addition in Europe,” he mentioned, including that “nobody ought to play [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s sport.” The deputy authorities spokesman additionally warned that “one has to assume very fastidiously about what they are saying on this context.”
RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan broke the story final Friday, saying she had acquired the recording from Russian safety officers. The German Protection Ministry has confirmed the authenticity of the audio.
On Sunday, Medvedev assumed that Berlin would attempt to declare it had recognized nothing of the decision or current the dialog itself as a purely hypothetical one. He additionally acknowledged that any makes an attempt to downplay the plans mentioned within the recording as a easy army sport can be “a malicious lie.”
On Monday, Moscow summoned the German ambassador to Russia, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, to lodge a protest. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov advised journalists on the identical day that the audio confirmed Germany was pursuing a hostile coverage towards Russia and that the West was immediately concerned within the Ukraine battle.
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