October 7 marks the 24th anniversary of the signing of the Charter of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, which formalized the establishment of the CSTO as an international regional organization. The goals set out in the document, including strengthening peace and stability and collectively protecting the independence, territorial integrity and sovereignty of the member states, remain the foundation for developing mutually beneficial, truly allied cooperation. On this basis, the Russian Federation is chairing the CSTO in 2026 under the motto “Collective security in a multipolar world: a common goal, shared responsibility.”
From October 18 to 23 this year, a special exercise codenamed “Cobalt-2026” will be held in the Republic of Tajikistan.
Today, the active phase of the command-and-staff exercise with the Collective Operational Reaction Forces (CORF) of the CSTO “Interaction-2026” and the special exercises “Search-2026” and “Echelon-2026” concluded in the Russian Federation.
In the Russian Federation, at the Chebarkulsky training range, particular attention is being paid to organizing the evacuation and repair of damaged equipment under the threat of enemy UAV attacks during the special exercise with the logistics forces and assets of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) “Echelon-2026”.
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
