85 years ago, the Great Patriotic War began. The war machine of Nazi Germany launched a treacherous attack against Soviet cities and villages and committed unprecedented atrocities against Soviet citizens. The peoples of the Soviet Union rose to defend their common Motherland and paid an enormous price for peace, freedom, and the right to live on their own land.
On June 17–18, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov visited sections of the State Border of the Republic of Belarus with Poland and Lithuania.
On June 18, 2026, the 24th Meeting of the Interstate Commission for Military-Economic Cooperation of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (ICMEC CSTO) was held in Minsk on the sidelines of the 3rd International Security Industry Exhibition “National Security. Belarus 2026”. The meeting was chaired by Dmitry Stefanovich, Head of the Belarusian National Section of the ICMEC and Deputy Chairman of the State Authority for Military Industry of the Republic of Belarus.
On June 18, 2026, the 2nd Military-Economic Conference of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, entitled “Development of Cooperation among the Defense Industries (Military-Industrial Complexes) of the CSTO Member States: 20 Years of Practical Cooperation”, was held in Minsk on the sidelines of the 3rd International Security Industry Exhibition “National Security. Belarus 2026”. The event brought together representatives of relevant ministries, agencies, defense enterprises, and other institutions and organizations of the CSTO member states.
The CSTO Collective Forces are practicing the tasks of the next stage of CSTO trainings in the Republic of Kazakhstan
04.10.2022
The CSTO Collective Forces continue to work on the next stage of CSTO trainings in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The command and staff training with the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces "Interaction-2022" is aimed at practicing the tasks of using forces and means of the CSTO collective security system in the Central Asian region of the CSTO collective security.
In the course of practical actions, the following training issues and joint tactical tasks are practiced:
defeating the enemy with the use of reconnaissance and reconnaissance-fire contour;
conducting special activities to eliminate an illegal armed formation in a populated area;
actions of anti-drug units of the internal affairs bodies of the formations of special forces to suppress the channel for the supply of narcotic drugs;
implementation of measures to eliminate the consequences of chemical and biological contamination and search and rescue operations.
During a Special training with reconnaissance forces "Search-2022" the issues of planning reconnaissance in conditions of aggravation of military and political situation in the Central Asian region of CSTO collective security, as well as the organization and conduct of various types of reconnaissance in the interests of application of the CSTO CRRF during localization of cross-border armed conflict are practiced.
The special training "Echelon-2022" with the forces and means of Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics support of the CSTO forces (Collective Forces) is aimed at comprehensive training on the organization of Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics support, management of logistics units of the CSTO CRRF, replenishment of inventories and restoration of military and technical equipment of the CSTO CRRF group during the conduct of a joint operation.
The CSTO training is examining the use of the Coalition air grouping and air defense, as well as the use of the joint CSTO NBC defense formation and medical support.
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Joint press center of the CSTO trainings
