War in Ukraine: investigation opened into a “very serious” leak within the German army. Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced on Saturday that Germany was thoroughly investigating the leak of a recording of army officers discussing classified material.

On Friday, Margarita Simonyan, director of Russia's state-backed RT channel, posted online a 38-minute audio recording in which she said German army officers discussed an attack on Crimea on 19 FEBRUARY. In the recording, discussions can be heard about the possible use of German-made Taurus missiles by Ukrainian forces.