NATO member states have intensified their military activities near the borders of Russia and Belarus and transferred additional forces and weapons to the border of the republic. said today the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko.

"According to the Russian Minister of Defense (Sergei Soygu), dozens of planes are flying near the Russian border and conducting bombing. They were said to be training to carry out a nuclear attack on Russia. "Roads are also being built in the neighboring territories, and the army is very aware of all this at a time when mass exercises are being held at the same time as additional troops of tens of thousands of people are being transferred to our border," Lukashenko said.

He added that it is not done "in vain" and that there is some intention behind it, reports the Belarusian agency Belta.

Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Krenin accused the NATO alliance of building offensive capabilities near its borders, Reuters reports, citing Belta.

Lithuania announced yesterday that NATO should assess its position towards Belarus, whose army, according to official Vilnius, is increasingly integrating into the Russian armed forces.