# Lavrov recalls Putin’s words that war would be ‘completely different and very short’ if Europe attacks Russia

https://mins.news/en/item/50152

- TASS, 2026-09-08 17:25 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2184401

> Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov urged people to remember Vladimir Putin’s repeated statement that Moscow does not plan to attack anyone. Putin said that if talk of an attack reflected preparations by Europe to strike Russia, the resulting war would be “completely different and very short.”

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