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German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius confronted leading officers whose conversation was intercepted by Russia after a special defence meeting on Monday, and also revealed the air force chief had also joined the call on a non-secure line. A conversation between senior air force officers discussing the possibilities of a deployment of German Taurus cruise missiles in Ukraine was published by a Russian media outlet earlier this month. Russian intelligence services intercepted the call that at least one of the officers joined using an unencrypted connection. Pistorius on Monday said that Air Fo…