During the “Conduct of combat operations” stage, two main training objectives are being practiced: the occupation by the national contingents of the CRDF CAR of the area of responsibility and the destruction of illegal armed formations that have invaded the territory of a CSTO member state.
The active phase of the joint exercise with the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region (CRDF CAR) “Frontier-2026” has begun at the Koktal training range in the Republic of Kazakhstan. During the exercise, the participating forces are practicing the preparation and conduct of combat operations to destroy illegal armed formations that have invaded the territory of a CSTO member state.
On September 11, 2026, a round table entitled “Kazakhstan–Central Asia–Greater Eurasia: resilience and security amid new challenges” was held at the Center for Social Conservative Policy. The event was organized by the CSTO Secretariat jointly with the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS) and the Center for Social Conservative Policy (CSCP).
The event was attended by CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, Director of the ICCA RAS Kirill Babaev, members of the CSTO Permanent Council and representatives of the academic and expert communities of the member states. The discussion was moderated by Yuri Shuvalov, Head of the Information and Public Relations Department of the CSTO Secretariat.
The CSTO Peacekeeping Forces began preparations for a joint training in the Kyrgyz Republic
30.06.2022From 28 to 30 June, this year, the Kyrgyz Republic hosted the second staff talks on the preparation and conduct of the "Indestructible Brotherhood-2022" command-staff training with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces. The event took place in accordance with the Plan for joint training of command and control bodies and formations of the forces and means of the Collective Security Treaty Organization's Collective Security System for 2022.
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Representatives of concerned ministries and departments of the CSTO member States, the CSTO Secretariat and a group of officers headed by Colonel Emilbek Tukaev, Deputy Head of the CSTO Joint Staff, took part in the negotiations, which took place at the Combat Training Center of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic.
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In the course of the second staff talks, the idea of the joint training was reviewed, the composition of peacekeeping contingents of the CSTO member States and issues of comprehensive support were clarified. A reconnaissance of the area where the training will take place - the territory of the “Edelweiss” training center - was conducted.
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The command-staff training "Indestructible Brotherhood-2022" with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces is held in 2022 at the final stage of the joint trainings of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) and is aimed at practicing the preparation and conduct of peacekeeping operations, as well as tasks of post-conflict settlement.
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Peacekeeping contingents from the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tajikistan are involved in the "Indestructible Brotherhood-2022" training. Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross will be invited to the training.
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Trainings with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces "Indestructible Brotherhood" have been conducted as part of joint training since 2012.
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The CSTO member States' peacekeeping contingents are specially trained military, militia (police) and civilian personnel, as well as forces and means provided by the member States to the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces. The total number of personnel is about 3,800. For participation in a particular peacekeeping operation, the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces are created out of the Peacekeeping Forces.
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The high level of joint operational and combat training of command and control bodies and formations of the forces and means of collective security was confirmed by practical actions of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces in January 2022 during the provision of assistance to the Republic of Kazakhstan.
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