Putin confidant Medvedev rumbles: “Germany is preparing for war against Russia”. Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) has called for prudence and unity in the Taurus affair.

Nobody believes that the publication of the recording of a conversation between Bundeswehr officers about Taurus cruise missiles for Ukraine was a coincidence, Pistorius said on Sunday in Berlin. “This is clearly about undermining our unity. It’s about driving our domestic politics apart,” he said.