At the Losvido training range in the Republic of Belarus, peacekeeping units practiced tactical procedures at a stationary checkpoint as part of the process of coordinating units and practicing joint actions during the command-and-staff exercise with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces “Indestructible Brotherhood-2026”.
Today, at the Starodorozhsky training range in the Republic of Belarus, servicemen of the CSTO joint NBC protection and medical support formation began practical operations as part of the “Barrier-2026” special exercise.
Today, at the Losvido training range in Belarus, the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces Commander was presented with a mandate to conduct a peacekeeping operation at the command post as part of the “Indestructible Brotherhood-2026” command-and-staff exercise.
Servicemen of the Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District (CMD) have arrived in the Republic of Belarus to take part in the command-and-staff exercise with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces “Indestructible Brotherhood-2026” and the special exercise with the CSTO joint NBC protection and medical support formation “Barrier-2026”.
Participants in the CSTO “Interaction-2026”, “Search-2026” and “Echelon-2026” exercises arrive in the Russian Federation
26.09.2026
Participants in the command-and-staff exercise with the CSTO Collective Operational Reaction Forces (CORF) “Interaction-2026” and the special exercises “Search-2026” and “Echelon-2026” have completed their redeployment to the Russian Federation.
Contingents of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) arrived in the exercise areas from the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and the Republic of Tajikistan.
In the Russian Federation, exercises combining the training of various components of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) are being held at the Chebarkulsky training range of the Central Military District:
the command-and-staff exercise with the CSTO Collective Operational Reaction Forces (CORF) “Interaction-2026” is aimed at practicing the preparation and conduct of a joint operation to localize a cross-border armed conflict;
during the special exercise “Search-2026”, the organization and conduct of reconnaissance in the interests of the CSTO CORF are being practiced;
the special exercise “Echelon-2026” provides for practicing the organization of logistics support.
Speaking at a briefing the previous day, CSTO Joint Staff Chief Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov emphasized that all the exercises being conducted are planned, are not directed against third countries, and are aimed at improving the interoperability of command and control bodies and troops, as well as maintaining the readiness of forces and assets formations to perform their assigned tasks in the interests of ensuring collective security.
CSTO Joint Exercise Press Center
Russian Federation, Chebarkulsky training range
