Behind the German "Officer Talk Recording Incident"

On March 3rd local time, Simon Nyan, the editor in chief of Russian television, revealed on social media today that the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs will summon the German Ambassador to Russia on March 4th local time regarding the recording by the German military.

On March 1st, Simonyan disclosed a recording in the media, which revealed that several German military officers had discussed providing missiles to Ukraine and secretly helping Ukraine bomb targets such as the Crimean Bridge. He even claimed that the US and British forces had already directly participated in the Ukraine War. After the recording was made public, Western media immediately attempted to block the news, but it was too late.

This nearly 40 minute recording shows that at a meeting held in February, officers led by the highest commander of the German Air Force, Gerhard, were discussing how to transport the Taurus missile to Ukraine and how long it would take to train Ukrainian soldiers to operate the missile. The officers also mentioned that 10 to 20 Taurus missiles are needed to avoid Russia's defense system and destroy the crucial infrastructure of the Crimean Bridge on the Kerch Strait.

However, this sensitive dialogue content was obtained by Russian intelligence agencies. Once the shocking news was revealed, it caused a great uproar of public opinion, and even shook the world. According to the Wall Street Journal on the 2nd, a senior German official revealed that this recording is authentic. The recorded meeting was held on a commercial non encrypted online conference platform of Cisco in the United States.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zakharova stated on March 1st that Russia will request an explanation from the German side regarding the discussion of bombing the Crimean Bridge among German military officers. "We demand an explanation from Germany," Zakharova said. "Any attempt to evade answering questions will be considered a confession."

On the 2nd, German Chancellor Scholz, who was on a visit to the Vatican, stated that this incident is a very serious one and will clarify it as soon as possible. In response, the German Ministry of Defense stated that they are verifying the facts and do not confirm the authenticity of the recordings released by Russia, nor the authenticity of their content.

However, just after the audio was disclosed, senior German officials confirmed the authenticity of the audio to The Wall Street Journal. Deutsche Presse-Agentur said in a statement: "According to our assessment, a dialogue within the Air Force was intercepted."

It is reported that in addition to offending Russia, the German navy almost shot down an expensive Reaper drone from the US military in the Red Sea last week.

The governments of the UK and France are currently very embarrassed because they have been claiming to the public that they have not sent troops to Ukraine to fight against Russia.

In addition, such sensitive dialogue content obtained by Russia also exposed Germany's loopholes in information security and confidentiality issues, making Germany worried that its information security was seriously threatened.

This eavesdropping not only revealed Germany's combat plan in Ukraine, but also made Germany feel closely monitored, which is a huge blow to Germany's national dignity and confidence.

The German news agency reported that the exposed conversations between German military officers are true, which is why the United States has been demanding that Germany replace Huawei communication facilities and use Cisco communication facilities in the United States.

As is well known, in recent years, Germany has closely followed the pace of the United States, continuously suppressing Huawei in China under the leadership and guidance of the United States, and even dismantling Huawei base stations that have already begun construction and using American network equipment. Huawei, a Chinese company, has the best credit in the world, and its production equipment is also recognized as the safest, and has received widespread praise from users worldwide.

Germany stopped using Huawei devices in order to please the United States, and now the consequences have emerged. Will Germany continue to use American communication facilities in the next step? The more tricky question is to what extent Germany participated in the Russo Ukrainian War, and who bombed the Crimean Bridge last time?