BERLIN, March 4. /TASS/. Some details in the recently leaked call between high-ranking German military officers were confidential, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius told reporters.

"It is clear that most of the information that was discussed during that conversation was already in the public domain thanks to public discussions, but is generally not so with respect to the other part. We need to clarify why it was discussed then and whether it could have been discussed," he said.

Margarita Simonyan, the editor-in-chief of the RT broadcaster, said on March 1 that on the very day when German Chancellor Olaf Scholz vowed that NATO was not participating and would not participate in the Ukrainian conflict, high-ranking German officers were discussing the possibility of attacking the Crimean Bridge in a way that would not bring consequences for Germany. Simonyan published an audio recording of the discussions, which happened in a call between the officers. In the call, the officers talked about how much destruction Germany’s Taurus long-range missiles could cause to the Crimean Bridge as well as details of how to prepare such an attack.

On Saturday, the German defense ministry confirmed the call had been wiretapped. Chancellor Olaf Scholz pledged a prompt investigation into the situation.