CSTO is preparing to conduct operations in Donbass – media
Yesterday, the operational-strategic exercises (OSU) of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) “Combat Brotherhood - 2017” began in the Rostov region. According to the Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, Colonel General Anatoly Sidorov, “about 12 thousand personnel, about 1,5 thousand units of weapons, military and special equipment and about 90 aircraft” are taking part in the maneuvers,” пишет "Independent newspaper"
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At the same time, the publication indicates, the coverage of theaters of military operations in the “Combat Brotherhood” is much wider: over the next three weeks in October and 10 days in November, CSTO troops will practice tasks in southern Russia, the Caucasus and Central Asia. In addition to the traditional military tasks of defense and offensive, issues of resolving various armed conflicts and organizing actions in peacekeeping missions will be worked out.
Also, for the first time in the history of the CSTO, more than a thousand military personnel from military intelligence and special forces units of the armed forces of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan are involved in these maneuvers.
“As the head of the press service of the Southern Military District, Colonel Vadim Astafiev, said, they “will have to practice conducting a joint operation to localize an armed conflict on the territory of a conditional state,” writes NG.
No less relevant, the newspaper continues, as can be seen from the plan of the “Combat Brotherhood”, are the “Indestructible Brotherhood - 2017” exercises, aimed at solving peacekeeping tasks in a state that is not part of the collective defense system, but which the CSTO countries apparently want to help .
“Thus, we can assume that in reality such a state for the CSTO could be Syria, Ukraine, or any other country where CSTO members have common interests,” the publication believes. – Apparently, it is no coincidence that in early September, when Russia’s proposal to introduce blue helmets into the conflict zone in Donbass was discussed, CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov said that KMS units were already ready to do this. “If such a decision is made, I can say that the CSTO peacekeeping forces are ready to fully carry out the tasks that are envisaged within the framework of the peacekeeping operation,” Semerikov said, answering the question of whether the organization’s peacekeepers can become part of the peacekeeping operation. mission in Donbass,” notes NG.
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