German Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised swift clarification on Saturday following the Russian publication of a recording of German air force officers discussing support for Ukraine. Speaking on the fringes of a visit to the Vatican, he described it as a “very serious matter.” The conversation between German defence officials was published on Friday by the head of the Russian state broadcaster RT, Margarita Simonyan. In it, senior air force officers discuss the theoretical possibilities of a deployment of German Taurus cruise missiles in Ukraine. Scholz has repeatedly ruled out the supply of Tau…