Post-Soviet Security Bloc Starts Drills To Practice Action Against Illegal Armed Groups
Date
10/20/2022 1:03:47 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a
post-Soviet defense bloc, started drills in Tajikistan to practice
joint action against illegal armed groups, reports citing
.
The maneuvers will be a part of CSTO's Rubezh-2022 exercise.
The Rubezh 2022 exercise is running on October 10-21. The active
phase of the drills kicked off on October 17. During the exercise,
the collective rapid deployment forces in the Central Asian region
will practice combat operations against illegal armed groups that
have invaded the territory of a CSTO member state. As many as 1,000
servicemen, and more than 300 items of military and special
hardware such as planes, helicopters and drones, are planned to
take part in the maneuvers. The Russian military contingent will be
mostly represented by servicemen of the Central Military District's
201st base.
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