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.
On September 29–30, 2026, the 6th International Conference of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation on the spread of extremist ideology was held in Moscow. The CSTO delegation, comprising Umar Umarzoda, Head of the Department for Countering Challenges and Threats, and Igor Demchenko, Adviser to the Department, took part in the conference.
In the Russian Federation, at the Chebarkulsky training range, reconnaissance groups have begun practicing practical actions in designated areas as part of the CSTO special exercise with reconnaissance forces and assets “Search-2026”.
Today, a ceremony was held at the Chebarkulsky training range in the Russian Federation to open the command-and-staff exercise with the Collective Operational Reaction Forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization “Interaction-2026” and the special exercises “Search-2026” and “Echelon-2026”.
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