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On Wednesday, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said such accusations were designed to tarnish bilateral military efforts between Moscow and Minsk, noting any claims of Russia or Belarus attempting to gain a war footing in the Balkans were "irrelevant."
Russian allies tamp down fears of war in eastern Europe, amid massive military drills →
While Putin watched the previous drills in 2013 with his Belarusian counterpart, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said he would watch them separately on Wednesday.
Vladimir Putin attends military drills that worry Russia's neighbors →
