On June 10, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers was held in Kazan (Russian Federation) under the chairmanship of the Russian side, with the participation of CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov. CIS Deputy Secretary General Denis Trefilov and SCO Deputy Secretary General Oleg Kopylov were also invited to attend the meeting.
On June 9, 2026, a delegation of the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, headed by CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, took part in the 19th Meeting of Heads of Lead Counter-Terrorism Units of the Competent Authorities of the CIS Member States and Heads of National Structures Responsible for Coordinating Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Extremism Activities. The event was organized by the Anti-Terrorism Center of the CIS Member States.
A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Director of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences Kirill Babaev was held at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
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.
In Kazakhstan, the final stage of combat shooting by all available tactical and special exercises with the forces and means of intelligence services and units of the CSTO Poisk-2018 member states
04.10.2018
According to the plan of the exercise, the forward detachment of an illegal armed group of militants was found in a conditional area. The reconnaissance of the base area of the militants was carried out from the KAZEOSAT satellite, Russian Su-24MR reconnaissance aircraft and Kazakhstan unmanned aerial vehicles.
Special forces from the Republic of Armenia, a reconnaissance company and special forces from the Russian Federation, a regimental tactical group of assault troops of the Republic of Kazakhstan took part in large-scale night actions at the Gvardeisky range.
.Special purpose assault groups operated on six Arlan armored wheeled vehicles, six Tigr armored wheeled armored vehicles and nine Ford Ranger, Toyota Land Cruiser and Nissan Navara high cross-country vehicles.
Fire raids on the positions of the illegal armed forces conducted cannon artillery. Calculations anti-tank missile systems "Fagot" exact hit destroyed the advancing column of enemy equipment. From the standpoint of integrated reconnaissance and fire bases, the fire was fired by anti-aircraft installations on high-traffic vehicles.
Ground actions of the scouts were supported by front-line aviation. The strikes of a pair of Su-30 SM multi-role fighters were carried out by targeting special groups and UAVs.
The destruction of the identified militant forces from the air was also carried out by a pair of attack helicopters of the Mi-35 army aviation. Having completed the “Gorka” maneuver, the helicopters launched unguided missiles at the militant positions. These helicopters also covered the Mi-17 flying at extremely low altitude with special-purpose groups, which landed and held special measures to destroy the leaders of illegal armed groups.Massive fire with all available means allowed to perform all the tasks in about fifty minutes. The participants of the “Search-2018” adequately fulfilled combat training tasks - all the objects of the militants were destroyed, all targets were hit.
Practically synchronous actions of various groups of special forces of the CSTO member states testify to the close cooperation established during the holding of joint operational and combat training activities.
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