Lavrov admitted the possibility of provocations in Europe based on world war scenarios

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov did not rule out provocations from Europe, repeating historical triggers such as the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo or the burning of the Reichstag, which provoked world wars.

“But there is another option for repeating the trigger that led to the First World War. Conventionally, Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo. Something similar could be organized, given the Europeans’ passion for intrigue and adventure, their resourcefulness. Or the burning of the Reichstag?” - Lavrov said in an interview with the “Big Game” program on Channel One.

According to him, a situation similar to the recent incident with a drone in Leipzig, when Europeans “threw hysteria across the whole world without providing a single piece of evidence,” cannot be ruled out.

“Just as we were not given any answer to the repeatedly asked question about Bucha, where in April 2022, out of the blue, they suddenly showed dozens of corpses neatly laid out along the road,” the minister continued.

As Lavrov noted, Russia has still not received a response on the situation in Bucha either from the UN Secretary General, or from the UN Commissioner for Human Rights, or from Western interlocutors, including the Americans.