The UK also reacted with dismay to the leak, where officials discussed how the British and French were supplying cruise missiles to Ukraine, with Graef bluntly saying: “If you ask us about the delivery methods. I know how the British do it. They always carry them in Ridgeback armored vehicles. They have a lot of them on the ground. “
It comes after Scholz publicly confirmed that British troops in Ukraine were helping Ukrainian forces use Storm Shadow cruise missiles.
On Tuesday, Pistorius said he had spoken with allies. “Allies' confidence in Germany remains unbroken,” he said in Berlin.
Meanwhile, the Kremlin is celebrating.
Dmitry Peskov, the Russian government's top spokesman, called for a full investigation into the recording and said the German ambassador to Russia had been summoned to explain the apparent plans to attack Russia.
“We have not yet found out whether the Bundeswehr is doing this on its own initiative. If so, the question is to what extent the Bundeswehr can control and to what extent Mr. Scholz controls everything, whether it is part of Germany's government. Policy,” Peskov said. According to To Russia's state-owned TASS news agency.
Antoaneta Roussi contributed reporting.
This article has been updated.
