Officials can't tell whether the tape was edited, but fear Kremlin has more juicy bits to release in the future
Senior government officials have also confirmed Russian reports that the call was hosted on and tapped via Cisco's WebEx video conferencing platform rather than any kind of secure, military-grade comms.call or the Bundeswehr's implementation of it, but the country is still working on discovering how the intrusion took place.
RT said it identified two of the four German military officials on the call, including the head of Air Force Operations Brigadier General Frank Graefe, and Air Force Chief Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz. Taurus missiles have a range of around 310 miles, far greater than the Storm Shadow cruise missiles supplied to Ukraine by the UK, which have a range of around 155 miles.
On Friday, Dmitry Medvedev, deputy head of Russia's Security Council, said via Telegram:"After all, our eternal opponents – the Germans – have again turned into sworn enemies."
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