CSTO military personnel arrived in Russia for joint exercises
Contingents of the countries of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) arrived in Russia to participate in planned exercises to be held at the Chebarkulsky training ground in the Chelyabinsk region. In joint exercises with Russia, military personnel from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan will be involved.
Contingents of the countries of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) arrived in Russia to participate in planned exercises to be held at the Chebarkulsky training ground in the Chelyabinsk region. In joint exercises with Russia, military personnel from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan will be involved.
The exercises will be held in three stages: Interaction-2026, Search-2026 and Echelon-2026, the press service of the CSTO Joint Staff reported. The goal of Interaction-2026 is to prepare and conduct a joint operation to localize the border armed conflict. “Search-2026” is aimed at organizing and conducting intelligence. Exercise "Echelon-2026" is devoted to the issues of logistics of units.
The head of the CSTO Joint Staff, Colonel-General Andrei Serdyukov, stressed that the exercises are planned and are not directed against third countries. Their goal is to increase the coherence of command and control bodies and troops, as well as maintain the readiness of formations, he said.
