Russian propagandist publishes a recording that is said to come from a confidential conversation between German Air Force officers. Security politicians are alarmed.

The German Ministry of Defense is now checking whether communications within the Air Force were intercepted. The CDU defense expert Roderich Kiesewetter: "One has to assume that the conversation was specifically leaked by Russia at this point in time with a specific intention” Russia wants to deter Chancellor Olaf Scholz by “publicly showing how deeply Russia has already clarified the German preparations for the decision”