{"id":160704,"date":"2026-09-06T20:13:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T20:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/160704\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T20:13:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T20:13:07","slug":"germany-wants-another-war-lavrov-rejects-berlins-russia-drone-attack-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/160704\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Germany wants another war\u2019: Lavrov rejects Berlin\u2019s Russia drone attack claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused Germany of seeking another war with Moscow, rejecting Berlin\u2019s claim that Russia was behind a suspected drone attack at Halle Airport. <\/p>\n<p class=\"forfirstp\">Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Sunday accused Germany of seeking another war with Moscow, rejecting Berlin\u2019s allegation that Russia was behind a suspected drone attack at Halle Airport.<\/p>\n<p>The dispute escalated after Germany on September 1 said an investigation had linked Moscow to an August 4 incident in which an explosive-laden drone was discovered in a secured cargo area near a Ukrainian cargo aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>Berlin accuses Moscow of \u2018hybrid\u2019 attack<\/p>\n<p>German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said the government had concluded that Russia was responsible for what he described as a \u201chybrid attack\u201d in Leipzig.<\/p>\n<p>Dobrindt said investigators had examined the drone\u2019s technology and intelligence gathered during the probe. He claimed its configuration, including components, explosives and ignition systems, resembled those used in other Russian hybrid operations linked to the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not view the Leipzig incident in isolation,\u201d Dobrindt said, warning that Germany could be targeted by further hybrid attacks.<\/p>\n<p>He added that although Germany was \u201cnot at war\u201d, it was facing hybrid warfare on a daily basis.<\/p>\n<p>Germany announces measures against Russia<\/p>\n<p>Following the accusation, Berlin announced diplomatic measures against Moscow, including the closure of Russia\u2019s consulate general in Bonn and a Russian cultural centre in Berlin.<\/p>\n<p>Lavrov hit back at Germany, accusing it of taking steps that could fuel a broader confrontation and suggesting that Berlin was seeking another war.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.firstpost.com\/dlxczavtqcctuei\/news18\/static\/images\/fp\/revamp_v1\/earth.svg\" alt=\"world\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" class=\"nvicsvg\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/>More from WorldEU weighs response<\/p>\n<p>The incident also triggered a response from the European Union. EU member states summoned Russian diplomatic representatives on September 2 and discussed possible additional sanctions over the alleged attack.<\/p>\n<p>EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas described the incident as bearing the hallmarks of state-sponsored terrorism and called for a response.<\/p>\n<p>The allegations come as Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine continues, with the conflict having become Europe\u2019s largest military confrontation in decades. Lavrov\u2019s remarks also came ahead of Russia\u2019s tightly controlled parliamentary elections scheduled for later this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused Germany of seeking another war with Moscow, rejecting Berlin\u2019s claim that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160705,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[99],"tags":[112,190,45654,71755,1161,71754,71753],"class_list":["post-160704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-berlin","tag-berlin","tag-germany","tag-latest-world-news","tag-world-current-news","tag-world-news","tag-world-news-live","tag-world-news-online"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/117225928110327589","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}