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Kennah

(14,348 posts) Sat Mar 2, 2024, 02:00 PM Mar 2

Russia publishes German army meeting on Ukraine

Source: BBC

Audio of the video-conference meeting was posted to social media by the head of Russia's state-run RT channel.

The officers discuss how the missiles could hit the Kerch Bridge, which links Russia to the illegally annexed Crimea.
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Germany's chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday called the apparent leak "a very serious matter and that is why it is now being investigated very carefully, very intensively and very quickly".

According to Der Spiegel magazine, the videoconference was not held on a secret internal army network but on the WebEx platform.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68457087

This hardly seems like an oops, but maybe. I'm inclined to believe this was to signal to Putin that Europe is not going to let Russia Trump on Ukraine.

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Russia publishes German army meeting on Ukraine (Original Post) Kennah Mar 2 OP

Well, go ahead and hit the bridge now Olaf! nt SunSeeker Mar 2 #1

Putin try to target a NATO country structure..................... Lovie777 Mar 2 #2

Even if Germany did take out that bridge... LudwigPastorius Mar 2 #3

Exactly...the Kerch bridge was built without permission of the sovereign nation. Ukraine has every right to PortTack Mar 2 #4

Wow, somehow I missed that piece of info.... electric_blue68 Mar 2 #6

Excellent Point. Captain Zero Mar 2 #8

I agree it doesn't seem like an oops. sybylla Mar 2 #5

It must be true then & we'll just forget Navalny DoBW Mar 2 #7

GOOP is ready to sacrifice all of Ukraine to Lord Voldetrump Kennah Mar 2 #9

SunSeeker

(51,755 posts)

1. Well, go ahead and hit the bridge now Olaf! nt

Reply to Kennah (Original post)

Sat Mar 2, 2024, 02:35 PM

Mar 2

Lovie777

(12,374 posts)

2. Putin try to target a NATO country structure.....................

Reply to Kennah (Original post)

Sat Mar 2, 2024, 02:46 PM

Mar 2

and all his resources he would need to back it up which means he would have to pull out a lot of the already sick and tired soldiers from Ukraine. He's over extended as is. Will Belarus and other Russian allies join? Nope.

But it may give an opening for the opposition to Putin.

LudwigPastorius

(9,201 posts)

3. Even if Germany did take out that bridge...

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Sat Mar 2, 2024, 03:11 PM

Mar 2

it would be a NATO country striking the territory of a friendly non-NATO country.

...NOT an attack on Russian soil, so Putin wouldn't have zero legitimacy in retaliating against Germany.