From October 18 to 23 this year, a special exercise codenamed “Cobalt-2026” will be held in the Republic of Tajikistan.
Today, the active phase of the command-and-staff exercise with the Collective Operational Reaction Forces (CORF) of the CSTO “Interaction-2026” and the special exercises “Search-2026” and “Echelon-2026” concluded in the Russian Federation.
In the Russian Federation, at the Chebarkulsky training range, particular attention is being paid to organizing the evacuation and repair of damaged equipment under the threat of enemy UAV attacks during the special exercise with the logistics forces and assets of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) “Echelon-2026”.
Today, at the Chebarkulsky training range in the Russian Federation, as part of the command-and-staff exercise with the CSTO Collective Operational Reaction Forces (CORF) “Interaction-2026”, joint actions to liberate a populated area captured by a simulated adversary were practiced.
The CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov took part in a wreath and flower-laying ceremony at the monument to the Soviet soldier in Vienna
18.05.2026
On May 18, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, together with the heads of the diplomatic missions of the CSTO member states in Vienna, took part in a solemn wreath and flower-laying ceremony at the monument to the Soviet Liberator Soldier at Schwarzenbergplatz.
The ceremony was also attended by Chairman of the CSTO Permanent Council and Permanent and Plenipotentiary Representative of Russia to the Organization Viktor Vasilyev, Acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabayev, and Deputy Head of the Political Cooperation Department of the CSTO Secretariat Sergey Koshelev.
Representing Russian foreign institutions in Vienna were Ambassador to Austria Andrey Grozov, Permanent Representative to the OSCE Dmitry Polyanskiy, Head of the Russian Delegation at the Vienna negotiations on military security and arms control Yulia Zhdanova, and Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the international organizations in Vienna Roman Ustinov.
