YEKATERINBURG, September 16 (HS/RIA Novosti) - Russia does not intend to attack Europe, but if it attacks Russia, the war will be short, as Russian President Vladimir Putin warned, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday.

I would like to emphasize that we have no interest in engaging in this [attacking Europe], but if Europe, which is talking about preparing for war against Russia on a daily basis, attacks Russia, it will be a completely different war, and it will be very short, Lavrov said at the International Youth Festival.

The minister also expressed the hope that Europe had heard the warning about a short war in the event of an attack on Russia.

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