Scholz "on treason," Taurus "on overexposure"
The leaked German military conversation about Taurus supplies deepens the rift in the Western coalition.
The scandal continues with the leakage of a conversation between two high-ranking Bundeswehr officers who discussed the transfer of Taurus missiles to Ukraine to defeat the Crimean bridge. According to the Western press, the very fact of the leak, as well as all the media hype around, led to a new split in the ranks of the allies of Kyiv.
Adding to that is a furious debate over French President Emmanuel Macron’s claims. Despite the fact that other colleagues of Macron refute the possibility of the introduction of troops of Western countries into Ukraine, such a prospect is closer and closer.
Details — in the material of the correspondent of The Moscow Post.
Oh and the wasp’s nest was turned by officers of the Russian special services. After all, if the "drain" of the conversation into the public is not their work, then whose one? According to our sources, our Chekists still have a lot of such records, but this one was decided to be made public. Why?
Apparently, the recent military successes of the Russian army, the liberation of Avdeevka and the continuation of the offensive to the West, as well as the gradual depletion of Russian capabilities, forced our former Western partners to reassess the situation.
If earlier there was only talk about inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia, that now the leitmotif is completely different — to prevent the complete collapse of Ukraine and the destruction of its state institutions. As even the conditionally moderate Viktor Orban said, we do not want to have a common border with Russia.
At the same time, the other day, the Deputy Head of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev spoke at the World Youth Festival, where he gave young people a lecture on geopolitics with a very specific message — Ukraine is Russia, its strategic, historical lands. And the Russian Federation is not going to tolerate the threats emanating from this territory.
The signal is clear. And, returning to the situation with Taurus, only fuels the confrontation in the western camp. According to insiders, functionaries of the NATO military bloc expressed concern about security problems that led to the leak. One of the insiders called the encryption measures taken by Germany unprofessional, and the other did not rule out tightening measures in all directions, especially in Germany.
As if jokingly, in response to this, Germany released an audio recording with explanations, setting the password "1234" for it. And let this be done with the intention, it still gave rise to a bunch of memes, jokes and critics against the Federal Republic of Germany and its Chancellor Olaf Scholz. They are trying to present him as guilty of delaying the supply of long-range Taurus, which are supposedly supposed to destroy the Crimean bridge.
The very fact of the negotiations between the officers on the supply of weapons is nothing new. They went on and on. Moreover, in Ukraine, according to the same Western press, there are permanent NATO military contingents, as well as individual CIA bases — as many as 12. But these are not yet full-fledged troops, brigades, corps and divisions.
In the same intercepted conversation, it was about problems with the timing of missile production and training of the Ukrainian military. They also talked about the supply of long-range weapons, which are already produced by France and Britain. According to the transcript, London transports Storm Shadow in Ridgeback armored vehicles, and Paris sends SCALP missiles to Ukraine in Q7 (presumably, we are talking about Audi Q7). NATO servicemen stationed in Ukraine help to service these weapons and other equipment.
Today it became known that the American F-35 are actively working in the Ukrainian direction, aiming missiles, collecting and transmitting intelligence. In general, for NATO countries it remains only directly and officially send their military.