According to the minister, the likelihood of such incidents is growing due to the tense situation with migrants illegally crossing the border between Belarus and the Baltic countries.
“On our side - Lithuanian, Estonian, Polish - there are more border guards and military units than usual ... This increases the likelihood of incidents,” Rinkevichs said in a statement by TASS.
He added that none of the parties could be interested in "aggravating the situation to a full-scale military provocation."
In July, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the West-2021 strategic military maneuvers planned for the fall with Belarus are exclusively defensive in nature.