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.
Military contingents of the Armed Forces of the CSTO member states practiced actions in conditions of sabotage on the railroad in the course of trainings "Echelon-2022" in Kazakhstan
05.10.2022
In the course of the "Echelon-2022" training, military contingents of the CSTO Collective Forces practiced actions under conditions of a railroad sabotage during the transportation of troops. According to the plan of the training, an act of sabotage was carried out on the way of a military train, which resulted in the destruction of the railway bed and ignition of military equipment.
To eliminate the fire, the army aviation of the Air Force of the Republic of Kazakhstan, units of the Armed Forces and the Ministry of Emergency Situations, as well as a fire train of the national company "Kazakhstan Railways" were involved.
In addition, in order to ensure further movement of the train, military equipment was unloaded on an unequipped section of terrain. "It was carried out with the use of road trawls, a complex platform vehicle S-05 and with the help of a 150-ton railway crane installed on the recovery train. The military equipment removed from the echelon bypassed the destroyed area and was loaded onto the rolling stock, which, after all measures had been taken, continued on its way to its destination.
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Joint Press Center of the CSTO trainings
