Germany “wants war again”, the Russian Foreign Minister said in an interview published on Sunday (September 6, 2026), dismissing Berlin’s accusation that Russia was to blame for a drone attack on Leipzig airport.
“This is, by and large, the start of a real war. They expelled the consulate general from Bonn. They’re closing the Russian House (cultural centre) in Berlin. Lavrov, the longest-serving Russian Minister, spoke as Moscow’s offensive — Europe’s worst conflict since World War II — has dragged on for more than four and a half years.
The German government blamed Moscow for the incident, saying Russia sent “low-level agents” for an attempted “hybrid attack” involving an explosive-laden drone at the strategic airport in eastern Germany. They want war again,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a state TV reporter. He accused Germany of Nazism and said, “The Russian leadership will draw the appropriate conclusions.
I remember that before the start of the Second World War…

