Russia denounced this Monday “the direct involvement” of Western powers in Ukraine and summoned the German ambassador after the spread on social networks of alleged conversations between German officers about arms deliveries to kyiv.
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An audio recording of a videoconference meeting of high-ranking German officials regarding a possible delivery of missiles to Ukraine was spread from Russia on social media on Friday.
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This conversation, the veracity of which was confirmed by Berlin, shows “once again the direct involvement of the collective West in the conflict in Ukraine.”Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov told the press.
In this conversation, the participants talk about the hypothesis of delivering German-made Taurus long-range missiles to Ukraine.
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Officially, Germany denies wanting to deliver this type of missile to Ukraine, arguing that there is a risk of escalation of the conflict.
The participants in the conversation also mention possible bombings against the Crimean bridge, which connects the peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014 and Russian territory. One of them points out that between 10 and 20 missiles would be needed to destroy it.
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“The recording itself shows that within the Bundeswehr (the German army), there is detailed and concrete discussion of plans to carry out bombing raids on Russian territory,” Peskov said.
This incident has caused a diplomatic crisis between both countries.
The German ambassador to Russia, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, visited the Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday morning.
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The ambassador then left the ministry without commenting to the press, after having spent just over an hour inside.according to Russian news agencies.
Berlin denied that its ambassador had been summoned and a spokesman for German diplomacy assured that this meeting had been planned for “a long time.”
It is one more attempt of the many we have seen to divide society in Germany and Europe.
The German Government warned this Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin should not be played into the hands of his disinformation campaigns, and described as absurd the idea that Germany is planning a war against Russia after the high-ranking wiretapping scandal. German military positions.
“It is one more attempt of the many that we have seen to divide society in Germany and Europe. We must not play into Putin's hands and that is why in these cases we must be very careful with what is said. But the idea that Germany is planning a war against Russia is absurd,” said deputy government spokesman Wolfgang Büchner.
“This is used to reinforce the story of an aggressive West and make people forget that it is Russia that has been waging a war of aggression for two years.”he added at the ordinary press conference of the spokespersons for the German ministries.
Büchner also referred to a comment in the Russian press, according to which Berlin's alleged plans showed that the denazification of Germany had not yet been completed.
“The absurdity is so evident that there is no need to comment on the phrase,” he said.
The Foreign Ministry spokesman, Christian Wagner, for his part, said that This is not the first time that these types of comments have been heard from actors close to the Russian Government or even government officials..
Russian state television indicated, based on wiretapping carried out by the Russian secret services on members of the German Army, that the German military was planning, behind the back of the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, the use of long-range Taurus missiles to destroy the bridge. from Crimea.
Scholz has on numerous occasions rejected the sending of Taurus missiles to Ukraine, which other members of the government coalition are in favor of, arguing that these weapons would imply the danger that Germany would end up having a direct participation in the war.
Regarding the conversations that were listened to by the Russian secret services, Defense spokesman Mitko Müller said that They made it clear that there was no authorization for the shipment of the Taurus, that the decision was the responsibility of political leaders and that Germany had to avoid becoming a party to the war..
Müller admitted that the fact that the Russians have been able to spy on the communications of the German military is something serious and that, in addition to investigating the matter, he believes that superiors will try to sensitize all soldiers about the protocols to follow in the use of comunication system.
In Germany there has been a debate for weeks about the need to do more for Ukraine and about the possibility of sending the Taurus.
“Until 2024, Germany has contributed 7 billion to Ukraine, it is the country that contributes the most to Ukraine in Europe. Germany does not need lessons on how to support Ukraine more. In none of the countries that do less is there a debate like ours,” he said. Wagner.
AFP and EFE
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