The UK also reacted with dismay to the leak, with officers discussing how the British and French were delivering cruise missiles to Ukraine, with Griffey apparently saying: “If we're asked about delivery methods. I know how the British do it. They're always transporting them in Ridgeback armored vehicles.” “They have a lot of people on the ground.”
This comes after Schulz publicly confirmed that British forces are on the ground in Ukraine to help Ukrainian forces use Storm Shadow cruise missiles.
Pistorius said on Tuesday that he had spoken to allies to reassure them. “Allied confidence in Germany continues,” he said in Berlin.
Meanwhile, the Kremlin is celebrating.
Russian government spokesman Dmitry Peskov called for a full investigation into the recording, and said that the German ambassador to Russia had been summoned to explain clear plans to attack Russia.
“We do not yet know whether the Bundeswehr is doing this on its own initiative. If so, the question is to what extent the Bundeswehr can be controlled and to what extent Mr. Schulz controls everything, and whether he is part of the German government,” Peskov said. : According to To Russia's state-owned news agency TASS.
Antoinetta Rossi contributed reporting.
This article has been updated.
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