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Russian foreign minister says Germany has ‘declared war’ over airport drone dispute

From Chosun Ilbo · () Korean

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  • Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called Western accusations that Russia was behind the Leipzig Airport drone incident ‘in effect, the beginning of a war.’
  • Lavrov linked his remarks to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s statement that he wanted to make Germany a major military power in Europe.
  • The comments have intensified the dispute between Moscow and Berlin over the airport incident.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has described the dispute over drone incidents at Leipzig Airport as “in effect, the beginning of a war,” escalating Moscow’s confrontation with Germany.

According to Russia’s state-run TASS news agency, Lavrov made the remark on the sixth, local time, while referring to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s statement that he wanted to make Germany a military power in Europe again.

Lavrov was responding to Western suspicions that Russia was behind the Leipzig Airport drone incident. The supplied report ends as he begins to elaborate on what he said those developments meant.

In effect, the beginning of a war

· Sergei LavrovLavrov’s description of Western allegations that Russia was behind the Leipzig Airport drone incident.
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