Participants in CSTO exercises arrived in Russia to conduct maneuvers
Contingents from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan arrived at the Chebarkulsky training ground to participate in the Interaction-2026, Search-2026 and Echelon-2026 exercises.
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Military contingents of the CSTO member countries arrived in the Chelyabinsk region to conduct joint exercises “Interaction-2026”, “Search-2026” and “Echelon-2026” at the Chebarkulsky training ground.
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Why It Matters
The CSTO exercises are planned events to practice interaction between the armed forces of the organization’s member countries.
Participants in the CSTO exercises “Interaction-2026”, “Search-2026” and “Echelon-2026” arrived in Russia from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
The exercises will take place at the Chebarkulsky training ground in the Chelyabinsk region.
Colonel General Andrei Serdyukov emphasized that all ongoing exercises are planned and aimed at improving the coherence of command and control bodies and troops.
MOSCOW, September 26 - RIA Novosti. Participants in the Collective Security Treaty Organization exercises arrived in Russia from CSTO member countries, the press service of the CSTO Joint Headquarters reported.
“Participants in the command and staff exercise with the Collective Rapid Reaction Forces of the CSTO “Interaction-2026”, special exercises “Search-2026” and “Echelon-2026” completed the regrouping in the Russian Federation. Contingents of the CSTO troops (Collective Forces) arrived in the areas of the exercises from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan,” the statement said. headquarters
The exercises will take place at the Chebarkulsky training ground of the Central Military District in the Chelyabinsk region.
As explained at the CSTO Joint Headquarters, the command post exercise with the Collective Rapid Reaction Forces (CRRF) of the CSTO “Interaction-2026” is aimed at working out the issues of preparing and conducting a joint operation to localize a cross-border armed conflict. During the special exercise “Search-2026”, issues of organizing and conducting reconnaissance in the interests of the CSTO CRRF are being worked out. The special exercise "Echelon-2026" involves working out issues of organizing logistics.
Open Questions
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