Russian state media published an allegedly intercepted conversation between Bundeswehr officers about the Taurus cruise missile. Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) announced that he wanted to have the incident cleared up “quickly” FDP politician Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, meanwhile, called for better precautions against espionage.

"It must finally be an end to our naivety," said the chairwoman of the Defense Committee in the Bundestag to the Editorial Network Germany.