Near their borders, the Latvian military identified the Russian warships "Andromeda", "Kilektor 1" and "Bira". This is reported by the website of the Latvian National Armed Forces.
Other details of the incident were not specified by the military.
Recall that in Belarus on September 14 joint exercises with Russia "West-2017", which will last until September 20.
The Russian Defense Ministry said that up to 12,700 servicemen take part in the exercises. This, according to the department, 7.2 thousand people from Belarus and about 5.5 thousand - from Russia.
As reported URA-Inform, the head of the Military Committee of NATO, General Peter Paul said that the joint large-scale military exercises of Russia and Belarus "West-2017" are similar to the preparations for a big war.