In Berlin the leak of a secret conversation shakes the

In Berlin, the leak of a secret conversation shakes the coalition

By Pierre Avril

Published yesterday at 9:36 p.m., updated yesterday at 9:36 p.m.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy after an interview with Olaf Scholz on February 16th in Berlin. Markus Schreiber/AP

HISTORY – Russian services recorded a German army discussion about the usefulness of Taurus missiles for Kiev.

Correspondent in Berlin

It is a 38-minute conversation between senior German soldiers who discuss their allies, their political control and the likely damage from the firing of Taurus missiles against the Kerch Bridge. This structure, through which Russian military supplies flow and which has already been attacked by Ukrainian forces, connects Russia and the annexed Crimean peninsula. And the weapon in question, the Taurus, with a range of 500 kilometers, difficult to detect and very powerful, is at the center of a political conflict in Germany. Its main protagonist Olaf Scholz refuses delivery to Kiev.

The highly confidential recording from February 19 was published by Margarita Simonian on Russian social networks on Friday. This central figure of the Kremlin propaganda apparatus was happy to throw this media bomb at the feet of the Chancellery, which, together with the Ministry of Defense and…

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