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Lavrov reacts sharply to accusations against Moscow over Leipzig incident

From Delfi · () Lithuanian

Translated from Lithuanian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Sergei Lavrov said accusations that Russia was responsible for a failed drone attack on a Ukrainian cargo plane in Leipzig amounted to the beginning of a real war.
  • Germany said on Sept. 1 that Russia was responsible and announced countermeasures, including the closure of a Russian consulate and cultural centre in Berlin.
  • Moscow rejected the accusations as unfounded and said Berlin had staged the incident to blame Russia.

Sergei Lavrov has sharply rejected Germany’s accusations over a drone incident at Leipzig airport, saying they appear to mark the beginning of a real war.

“Friedrich Merz’s statements that Germany will once again become Europe’s most powerful military power seem to be becoming reality. He is effectively declaring war on us,” Lavrov said, referring to the German chancellor.

On Sept. 1, the German government said it had concluded that Russia was responsible for an unsuccessful attempt to blow up a Ukrainian cargo plane with a drone. Berlin then announced retaliatory measures, including the closure of the Russian consulate and Russian Cultural Centre in Berlin.

Russia dismissed the German accusations as unfounded. Moscow also claimed that Berlin had staged the incident in order to shift the blame onto Russia.

Friedrich Merz’s statements that Germany will once again become Europe’s most powerful military power seem to be becoming reality. He is effectively declaring war on us.

· Sergei LavrovLavrov was reacting to the German chancellor’s comments while rejecting accusations that Russia was responsible for the Leipzig drone incident.
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Originally published by Delfi in Lithuanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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