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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Germany “wants war again” in an interview published Sunday, dismissing Berlin’s accusation that Russia was behind an attempted drone attack at Leipzig Airport.
The German government blamed Moscow for the incident, saying Russia had used “low-level agents” in an attempted “hybrid attack” involving an explosive-laden drone at the strategic airport in eastern Germany.
Moscow and Berlin closed each other’s cultural centers this week, while European Union countries summoned Russian envoys.
“This is, by and large, the start of a real war,” Lavrov told a Russian state TV reporter.
“They expelled the consulate general from Bonn. They're closing the Russian House in Berlin. I remember that before the start of the Second World War ... They want war again,” he said.
Lavrov also accused Germany of Nazism and said “the Russian leadership will draw the appropriate conclusions.”
Part of the interview was published by Russia’s Vesti TV channel.
Germany is one of Ukraine’s main allies in the war against Russia.
Lavrov, Russia’s longest-serving minister, spoke as Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine — Europe’s worst conflict since World War II — has dragged on for more than four-and-a-half years.
His remarks also came ahead of tightly controlled parliamentary elections in Russia later this month.
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