The recording of a meeting of senior Bundeswehr officials that was intercepted and published by a Russian media outlet is genuine, dpa learned on Saturday. The conversation between German defence officials discussing sensitive issues relating to Ukraine was hosted by the Webex audio and video conferencing platform. The head of the Russian state broadcaster RT, Margarita Simonyan, published an audio recording of the 30-minute conversation on Friday. In it, senior air force officers discuss the theoretical possibilities of a deployment of German Taurus cruise missiles in Ukraine.