On July 15, 2026, the High-Level Regional Meeting “Enhancing Capacities to Prevent the Supply of Weapons to Terrorists in Central Asia” was held in Moscow, organized by the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism with the participation of the Russian side.
On July 14, 2026, a working meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov and UN Assistant Secretary-General Alexander Zuev.
From July 7 to 9, second staff talks were held in the Russian Federation on the organization and conduct of the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces (CRRF) command-and-staff exercise “Interaction-2026”, the special reconnaissance exercise “Poisk-2026”, and the logistics support exercise “Echelon-2026”.
In accordance with the 2026 Action Plan of the Coordinating Council of Heads of the Competent Authorities for Countering Illicit Drug Trafficking of the CSTO Member States, and as part of the Russian Federation's priorities during its 2026 CSTO Chairmanship, the sub-regional counter-narcotics operation “Kanal – Amber Coast” was conducted from June 29 to July 3, 2026. The operation was aimed at disrupting trafficking routes for narcotic drugs, their precursors and analogues, new psychoactive substances, and potent substances into the CSTO area of responsibility, neutralizing international transnational drug trafficking groups, dismantling clandestine drug production facilities, undermining the economic foundations of the drug trade, including the laundering of drug proceeds.
Today, in the territory of the Russian Federation, at the training ground of the 333rd Mulino Combat Training Center, the special training “Echelon-2019” was launched with the forces and means of material and technical support of the CSTO member states
09.10.2019Today, in the territory of the Russian Federation, at the training ground of the 333rd Mulino Combat Training Center, the special training Echelon-2019 was launched with the forces and means of material and technical support of the CSTO member states.
At the opening ceremony of the "Echelon" special training, Colonel General Anatoly Sidorov, head of the CSTO Joint Staff, said: “Today, the first practical event with military contingents - the "Echelon" special training, begins as part of the joint operational and strategic trainings “Combat Brotherhood ”."
He noted that the training is being held for the first time. “The need for such a format is dictated by the urgency of developing the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) material and technical support system as one of the most important areas for ensuring the collective security of the CSTO,” Anatoly Sidorov said.
Colonel-General Anatoly Sidorov also noted that the development of this area was supported and approved by relevant decisions by the Council of Defense Ministers and The Committee of Secretaries of the Security Council.
The Head of the CSTO Joint Staff expressed confidence that the special training "Echelon-2019" would facilitate the mutual exchange of experience between the units of the MTS of the CSTO member states, the formation of unified approaches in providing the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) in various conditions, and the creation of conditions for further unification of weapons and military equipment.
During the first trainings, questions of organizing logistical support in the interests of the Collective Rapid Reaction Force of the Collective Security Treaty Organization during a joint operation to localize the armed conflict will be worked out.
The trainings, led by Deputy Commander of the Western Military District for Logistics, Lieutenant General Andrei Bulyga, are attended by servicemen of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan and the Task Force of the Joint Staff. In total, about 900 military personnel and more than 250 pieces of equipment are involved.
At the first stage of the trainings, questions of organizing the material and technical support of the regrouping of formations of the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Force, the procedure for crossing the state border, and also the organization of loading weapons, military and special equipment into rail transport, including using the MTU-20 tank bridge builder, are worked out.
The second stage of the exercise is devoted to the organization of material and technical support for the formations of the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Force during the joint operation to localize the armed conflict. Questions will be worked out to replenish the consumption of missiles, ammunition and other materiel, locate a field fuel depot on the ground, and organize the maintenance and repair of weapons and military equipment.
Units will also work out the evacuation of equipment to repair sites by repair and evacuation teams, supply of ammunition and other materiel using aircraft (Mi-8), deploy an area for mass refueling of equipment, and many other elements necessary for successful operations of troops in modern conflicts.
The special trainings "Echelon-2019" with the forces and means of the MTS of the CSTO member states is carried out as part of the unified concept of the CSTO operational-strategic trainings "Combat Brotherhood-2019." The trainings are defined by the Plan for the joint training of command and control bodies and forces of the collective security system of the Collective Security Treaty Organization for 2019, approved by decisions of the Council of Defense Ministers and The Committee of Secretaries of the Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
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Joint Press Center of the CSTO "ECHELON-2019" training
