In Kazakhstan, the active phase of the CSTO exercises “Border-2026” has ended

In Kazakhstan, the active phase of the CSTO exercises “Rubezh-2026” with the participation of the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian region (CRFS CAR) has come to an end. This was told by the press secretary of the CSTO Joint Staff Vladislav Shchegrikovich, writes sb.by.

According to the representative of the headquarters, during the active phase, the servicemen worked out a whole range of tasks: blocking and cleaning settlements, evacuation of local residents from the zone of conditional combat, organization of work at checkpoints, actions of mobile fire groups, as well as complex fire defeat of illegal armed formations. In addition, the participants of the exercises carried out the landing of tactical airborne troops and worked out the landing of goods in the area of hostilities.

The closing ceremony was attended by high-ranking representatives of the CSTO defense departments and structures: First Deputy Minister of Defense – Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Kazakhstan Lieutenant General Kanysh Abubakirov, CSTO Secretary General Taalatbek Masadykov and Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Andrei Serdyukov. The event was also attended by representatives of the armed forces of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan, as well as invited officials.