The Kremlin said it was concerned about the situation in Moldova's Transnistria region, where it said Ukraine and other European countries were stirring up the situation.
Last week, Russia told the West that it will consider all actions that threaten Russian peacekeeping forces in Transnistria as an attack on Russia itself, Reuters reminds.
The warning came amid heightened concern over the Russian threat in Moldova, a small former Soviet republic located between Romania and Ukraine.
Moldova's pro-European president Maja Sandu accused Moscow this month of plotting a coup, which Russia has denied.
"Of course, the situation in Transnistria is the subject of our greatest attention and a reason for our concern. The situation is unsettled, it is being provoked from outside," said Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin spokesman.
He added that Russia knows that their opponents in the Ukrainian regime, as well as those in European countries, are capable of various kinds of provocations.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky rejected Moscow's claim that Ukraine wants to take over the region, while Moldova says there is no truth in those allegations.
Vadim Krasnoselski, the self-proclaimed president of Transnistria, previously described the situation in the region as tense, but urged people to remain calm and said citizens would be notified immediately in case of danger, Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported.
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