The head of the German air force used a telephone line that was not encrypted to discuss highly sensitive military secrets including the use of British “people on the ground” who would be able to help Germany deploy cruise missiles to Ukraine.
Britain and other Nato allies will be dismayed at the security breach, described by Olaf Scholz, the German chancellor, as “very serious”.
Russia intercepted talks between Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz and three senior Luftwaffe officers as they used standard off-the-shelf Webex video conference software, running on an office line, for top secret military planning.
Included was confirmation that the British military is deployed in Ukraine, and could be used for training to help prevent German political embarrassment, as well as important details on the deployment of British Storm Shadow missiles.
Who cares. The Kremlin is there uninvited, murdering civilians. And it’s supposed to be taboo that the Brits are there with an invitation?
Send more troops to defend Ukraine.
I’m pretty sure UK journalists aren’t allowed to report on troop movements, even if the information is already in the public domain. I’m further sure that WebEx is e2e encrypted. So this story is kinda fucky and makes me wonder what the story behind the story is.
