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'Fake Russian drones?': Putin's top aide accuses Europe of manufacturing a new war scare | Lavrov
Published on Sep 23, 2026 08:43 am IST
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused Western countries of using what he called “underhand tactics” to protect their declining position in the global economy. Speaking in Moscow, Lavrov also dismissed reports of Russian drones appearing over European countries as “fake news,” claiming some incidents involved Ukrainian or unidentified drones and accusing Western governments of using such reports to expel Russian diplomats and shut diplomatic missions.
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