The peacekeeping exercise Unbreakable Brotherhood 2016 of the Collective Security Treaty Organization began in Belarus on 23 August to end on 27 August. Over 1,000 military personnel from the CSTO member states will take part in the exercise. This year's exercise will take place near Baranovichi in the Obuz-Lesnovsky exercise area. The exercise will focus on preparing and carrying out a peacekeeping operation by the CSTO collective peacekeeping forces. The exercise will involve officers and soldiers from the armies, the interior troops, and police of all the six CSTO member states (Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia and Tajikistan) as well as over 500 automobiles, aircraft, and armored vehicles.
Pictured are Belarusian paratroopers.
Photo by Ramil Nasibulin, BelTA
