MOSCOW, 12 February (BelTA) - Eight exercises are scheduled to take place in CSTO member states in 2026, Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Andrei Serdyukov told a briefing, BelTA has learned.
“The approved plan for 2026 includes 60 events, among them eight command-and-staff (joint) and specialized exercises,” Andrei Serdyukov said.
In his words, a strategic command-and-staff training exercise involving the CSTO Joint Staff, the CSTO Secretariat, and operational groups from relevant ministries and agencies of member states will take place in March. In September, a joint exercise with Collective Rapid Deployment Force units from the Central Asian region Rubezh [Frontier] 2026 is scheduled to take place in Kazakhstan. In September and October, Russia will host a command-and-staff exercise with the Collective Rapid Reaction Forces Vzaimodeystviye [Interaction] 2026, as well as specialized exercises with reconnaissance forces and assets, Poisk [Search] 2026, and a logistics exercise Echelon 2026.
“In October, Tajikistan will host the Kobalt 2026 specialized exercise and the Skala 2026 specialized exercise. Belarus will host the Nerushimoye Bratstvo [Indestructible Brotherhood] 2026 command-and-staff exercise with peacekeeping forces and the Barrier 2026 specialized exercise involving the joint chemical, biological, radiological protection and medical support formation,” the chief of staff said.
“During the Barrier 2026 specialized exercise, we plan to examine the use of the joint chemical, biological, radiological protection and medical support formation as part of collective response measures in the event of a large-scale and rapid spread of dangerous infectious diseases, in close coordination with the authorized biosecurity bodies of the Republic of Belarus,” Andrei Serdyukov added.
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