From June 2 to 4, the Republic of Belarus hosted the second staff talks on the organization and conduct of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces command-and-staff exercise “Indestructible Brotherhood 2026” and the special exercise “Barrier 2026” involving the CSTO Joint CBRN Protection and Medical Support Formation.
On June 3, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers (CDM) was held at the Patriot Central Park of the Russian Ministry of Defense under the chairmanship of the Russian side. The meeting was attended by CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Andrey Serdyukov.
From June 1 to 3, Saratov (Russian Federation) is hosting a series of events involving the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization aimed at strengthening the collective response system to biological threats.
On June 1, 2026, consultations at the deputy foreign minister level of the CSTO member states were held in Moscow.
On May 28, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov took part in the International Security Forum held under the auspices of the Security Council of the Russian Federation. More than 150 delegations from 120 countries participated in the event.
The delegation of the CSTO Joint Staff took part in commemorative events dedicated to the Day of National Remembrance of the Victims of the Great Patriotic War in the Republic of Belarus
23.06.2025
A delegation of the CSTO Joint Staff consisting of representatives of the armed forces of the Organization's states (the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, and the Republic of Tajikistan) took part in commemorative events dedicated to the Day of National Remembrance of the Victims of the Great Patriotic War in the Republic of Belarus.
On June 20, a delegation led by Major General Arsen Rakhmanov paid tribute to the victims of the genocide of the Belarusian people at the “Khatyn” Memorial Complex.
On June 21, officers paid military honors to the fallen during the Great Patriotic War at the Victory Monument in Minsk.
On the night of June 21-22, a delegation of the CSTO Joint Staff took part in a flower-laying ceremony at the Eternal Flame at the Monument "Courage" at the “Brest Hero Fortress” Memorial Complex. The special tragic atmosphere of the heroic events of the first hours of the Great Patriotic War was demonstrated during the military historical reconstruction “On June 22, 1941. Brest Fortress", where the key episodes of the defense of the Brest fortress were recreated.
The CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov donated encyclopedic publications "The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945", dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory, to the funds of the Museum of the Great Patriotic War, the Brest Fortress Defense Museum, and the “Khatyn” Memorial Complex.
In the year of the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory, the preservation of the memory of the immortal feat of the Soviet people, who forged a common Victory on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War, is of particular importance.
