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.
Participants of the "Indestructible Brotherhood-2023" joint training with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces depart for the Kyrgyz Republic.
04.10.2023
From 4 to 8 October, the contingents participating in the joint training "Indestructible Brotherhood-2023" with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces will regroup in the Kyrgyz Republic.
National contingents of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) will be dispatched to the training area by air and road from the CSTO member states in accordance with the plan.
The active phase of the training will be held on the territory of the “Edelweiss” training range from 9 to 13 October at the final stage of the joint CSTO operational-strategic training “Combat Brotherhood-2023”.
The main objectives of the training are to improve the practical skills of officials of the management bodies and personnel of the CSTO Peacekeeping Units and to enhance the coherence of military units and subunits in the performance of tasks during a peacekeeping operation in the Central Asian region of collective security.
In the course of the training, the tasks of post-conflict settlement in the crisis zone will be practiced in high-altitude conditions – the conduct of a peacekeeping operation using the forces and means of the CSTO collective security system and the provision of humanitarian assistance.
In practical operations, the Collective Peacekeeping Forces, together with units of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, carry out combat training tasks at checkpoints and casualty reception points, escort convoys and cargoes, liberate populated areas, rescue "hostages" and provide humanitarian assistance.
